BILAG 2004. Development and initial validation of an updated version of the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group's disease activity index for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 902-906

  Isenberg, D A ^a   Rahman, A ^a   Allen, E ^a   Farewell, V ^b   Akil, M ^c   Bruce, I N ^d   D'Cruz, D ^e   Griffiths, B ^f   Khamashta, M ^e   Maddison, P ^g   McHugh, N ^h   Snaith, M ⁱ   Teh, L S ^j   Yee, C S ^k   Zoma, A ^l   Gordon, C ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Sheffield Centre for Rheumatic Disease   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^j ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^l HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Assessment; BILAG; Disease activity; Index; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERROR; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 22844439577     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh624     Document Type: Article

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