Comparison of functional disability scales and their relevance to radiological progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in remission

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 540-545

  Sahin, Fusun ^a,b   Kotevoglu, Nurdan ^a   Taspinar, Sule ^a   Yilmaz, Figen ^a   Kuran, Banu ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Daily life activity; Function; Hand; Radiological evaluation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845504270     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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