Development of a core set of domains for data collection in cohorts of patients with ankylosing spondylitis receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor-α therapy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1079-1082

  Zochling, Jane ^a   Sieper, Joachim ^b   Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^c   Braun, Jürgen ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Registries; Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 44949163693     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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