Assessment of the item selection and weighting in the Birmingham vasculitis activity score for Wegener's granulomatosis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 884-891

  Mahr, Alfred D ^a   Neogi, Tuhina ^a   Lavalley, Michael P ^a   Davis, John C ^b   Hoffman, Gary S ^c   Mccune, W Joseph ^d   Specks, Ulrich ^e   Spiera, Robert F ^f   St Clair, E William ^g   Stone, John H ^h   Merkel, Peter A ^a,i  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UpToDate   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BIRMINGHAM VASCULITIS ACTIVITY SCORE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 45349108894     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23707     Document Type: Article

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