Gastrointestinal symptoms and health related quality of life in patients with arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1373-1378

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,c   Kong, Sheldon X ^b   Watson, Douglas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal symptoms; Osteoarthritis; Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034080274     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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