Applying low disease activity criteria using the DAS28 to assess stability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-422

  Vrijhoef, H J M ^a   Diederiks, J P M ^a   Spreeuwenberg, C ^a   Der Linden, Sj Van ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037404892     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.5.419     Document Type: Article

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