Feasibility and validity were demonstrated of an online case-control study using the prototype of recent-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 671-678

  McAlindon, Timothy ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Formica, Margaret ^a   Kay, Ashley ^a   Tighiouart, Hocine ^a   Chaisson, Christine ^b   Fletcher, Jeremiah ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control; Epidemiology; Internet; Lupus; Online; Risk factors; SLE

Indexed keywords

SULFONAMIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HERPES ZOSTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONLINE ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URTICARIA; VALIDITY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERNET; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 44649141978     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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