Hand disability and related variables in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 541-544

  Bodur, Hatice ^a   Yılmaz, Özlem ^a   Keskin, Dilek ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hand disability; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORNING STIFFNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33645367009     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-005-0023-1     Document Type: Article

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