Patient joint counts in rheumatoid arthritis - "Cents-ible or cents-less?"

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1212-1213

  Sutton, Evelyn ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOINTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250223485     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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