Description of stable pain in rheumatoid arthritis: A 6 year study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1733-1738

  Roche, Patricia A ^a   Klestov, Alexander C ^b   Heim, Helen M ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pain measurement; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 0042029632     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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