Observational study of a patient and doctor directed pre-referral questionnaire for an early arthritis clinic

Rheumatology International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-26

  Arndt, Uta ^a   Behrens, Frank ^a   Ziswiler, Hans Rudolf ^b   Kaltwasser, Joachim Peter ^a   Möller, Burkhard ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early rheumatoid arthritis; Questionnaire; Spondyloarthritis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORNING STIFFNESS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOSIS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34848863639     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0382-x     Document Type: Article

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