Reporting of mortality in a psoriatic arthritis clinic is primarily a function of the number of clinic contacts and not disease severity

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2364-2367

  Bond, Simon ^a   Farewell, Vernon T ^a   Schentag, Catherine T ^b   Lawless, Jerald F ^c   Gladman, Dafna D ^b,d,e,f  

^a Institute of Public Health

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Psoriatic Arthritis Program   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease severity; Mortality psoriatic arthritis; Prognosis; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28844505556     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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