Number of active joints, not diagnosis, is the primary determinant of function and performance in early synovitis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5 SUPPL. 31, 2003, Pages

  Gerber, Lynn H ^a   Furst, Gloria ^b   Yarboro, Cheryl ^b   El Gabalawy, Hani ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arthritis; Function

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0142029938     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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