Systemic Sclerosis: Patients' Perceptions of Their Condition

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 689-696

  Richards, Helen L ^a,c   Herrick, Ariane L ^a   Griffin, Kerry ^a   Gwilliam, Petra D H ^b   Loukes, Jonathan ^a   Fortune, Dónal G ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Illness beliefs; Psychological; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; ILLNESS PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISCHEMIA; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERODERMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0142126767     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11385     Document Type: Article

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