Alternative scoring of the cutaneous assessment tool in juvenile dermatomyositis: Results using abbreviated formats

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-356

  Huber, Adam M ^a,f   Lachenbruch, Peter A ^b,c   Dugan, Elizabeth M ^d   Miller, Frederick W ^e   Rider, Lisa G ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUTANEOUS ASSESSMENT TOOL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40849135734     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23313     Document Type: Article

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