Validity of the Scleroderma Functional Assessment Questionnaire [4]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 402-403

  Poole, Janet L ^a   Brower, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCLERODERMA; SCLERODERMA FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0742270409     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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