Classification criteria for rheumatic diseases: Why and how?

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1112-1115

  Dougados, Maxime ^a,b   Gossec, Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Rheumatologie B ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 35348871473     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23015     Document Type: Editorial

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