Surgical management of the rheumatoid hand: Consensus and controversy among rheumatologists and hand surgeons

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1464-1472

  Alderman, Amy K ^a   Ubel, Peter A ^b   Kim, H Myra ^b   Fox, David A ^b   Chung, Kevin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hand surgery; Physician survey; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatology; Variations in care

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SURGEON; SYNOVECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROSCOPY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSENSUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038505537     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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