Quality of life in Indian patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1953-1958

  Bedi, Gurdesh S ^a   Gupta, Nikhil ^a   Handa, Rohini ^a   Pal, Hemraj ^a   Pandey, R M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Extra articular manifestations (EAMs); Health related quality of life (HRQOL); Rheumatoid arthritis (RA); World Health Organization quality life instrument (WHOQOL Bref)

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 24644492509     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-4540-x     Document Type: Article

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