Relative responsiveness of condition specific and generic health status measures in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-261

  Moretti, C ^b   Viola, S ^c   Pistorio, A ^d   Magni Manzoni, S ^b   Ruperto, N ^c   Martini, A ^c   Ravelli, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d Ist Ricovero Cura Carat Sci G G   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD HEALTH ASSESMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PARENT GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13244279797     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.016519     Document Type: Article

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