Pooled indices to measure rheumatoid arthrits activity - Why and how to use them;Instrumentos de medida da atividade da artrite reumatóide - Por que e como empregá-los

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 362-365

  Pinheiro, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; HUMAN; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIMPLIFIED DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX;

EID: 51549084405     PISSN: 04825004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0482-50042007000500011     Document Type: Review

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