Clinical quality management in rheumatoid arthritis;Klinisches Qualitätsmanagement bei der Rheumatoiden Arthritis

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 333-341

  Langenegger, T ^a   Fransen, J ^b   Forster, A ^b   Seitz, M ^c   Michel, B A ^b  

^a Klinik Adelheid   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SWITZERLAND; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE REPORT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWITZERLAND; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2342457151     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003930170033     Document Type: Article

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