Developing multidisciplinary guidelines for the management of early rheumatoid arthritis

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-107

  Hennell, Sheena ^a   Luqmani, Raashid ^b  

^a Clatterbridge General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based; Guidelines; Management; Multidisciplinary; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DECISION TREE; DELPHI STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION TREES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 52449133798     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.117     Document Type: Article

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