Psoriatic arthritis is a joint-damaging disease - A call for action!

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1747-1748

  Taylor, William J ^a   Helliwell, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ARTHROPATHY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36448997364     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem238     Document Type: Editorial

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