Measuring patient health status in rheumatoid arthritis - What is a minimal clinically important difference?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1026-1028

  Brealey, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2642524349     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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