Assessment of fatigue in the management of patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1523-1528

  Dernis Labous, E ^a   Messow, M ^a   Dougados, Maxine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORNING STIFFNESS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0345530964     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg421     Document Type: Article

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