Morning stiffness in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis is associated more strongly with functional disability than with joint swelling and erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1723-1726

  Yazici, Yusuf ^a,d   Pincus, Theodore ^a   Kautiainen, Hannu ^b   Sokka, Tuulikki ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Heinola Rheumatism Found Hospital   (Finland)

^c JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Brooklyn Heights Arthritis Assoc   (United States)

Author keywords

Modified health assessment questionnaire; Morning stiffness; Multidimensional health assessment questionnaire; Pain; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4444269260     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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