Severity of rheumatoid arthritis: The SEVERA study

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 700-704

  Baddoura, Rafic ^a   Haddad, Souha ^a   Awada, Hassane ^a   Al Masri, Abdel Fattah ^b   Merheb, Georges ^c   Attoui, Said ^d   Okais, Jad ^a   Messayke, Jamil ^e   Ghandour, Fadi ^e  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c Notre Dame des Secours Hospital   (Lebanon)

^d Neuroscience Department   (Canada)

^e Rheumatology Private Clinic   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Disease severity; Larsen's score; M HAQ; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WRIST DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33746340615     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0136-7     Document Type: Article

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