Disease activity measurement of rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison of the Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) and the Disease Activity Score including 28 joints (DAS28) in daily routine

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-60

  Leeb, Burkhard F ^a   Andel, Ingrid ^a   Sautner, Judith ^a   Bogdan, Mirela ^a   Maktari, Adil ^a   Nothnagl, Thomas ^a   Rintelen, Bernhard ^a  

^a Humanisklinikum Lower Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

DAS28; Disease activity measurement; Rheumatoid arthritis; SDAI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 13444263261     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20923     Document Type: Article

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