A prospective study of pregnant patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis using validated clinical instruments

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1212-1217

  Ostensen M ^a   Fuhrer, L ^a   Mathieu, R ^a   Seitz, M ^a   Villiger, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS ACTIVITY INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUGADOS FUNCTIONAL ARTICULAR INDEX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 4644371577     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.016881     Document Type: Article

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