Comparison of a disease-specific and a generic instrument for measuring health-related quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3098-

  Helliwell, Philip S ^a   Marzo Ortega, Helena ^a   Tennant, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0036846046     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10608     Document Type: Article

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