Self-administered joint counts in rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison with standard joint counts

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 536-539

  Calvo, Franz A ^a   Calvo, Armando ^b   Berrocal, Alfredo ^b   Pevez, César ^b   Romero, Felix ^b   Vega, Enrique ^b   Cusi, Raul ^b   Visaga, Maribel ^b   De La Cruz, Rosa A ^b   Alarcón, Graciela S ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Joint counts; Outcome and process assessment; Questionnaires; Rheumatoid arthritis; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033026879     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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