The challenges of determining RA disease activity and remission in clinical practice

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 462-463

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a   Michaud, Kaleb ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 51149116490     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0859     Document Type: Article

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