Fatigue is related to poor pain outcomes in women with established rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 707-708

  Minnock, Patricia ^a   Breshihan, B ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS IMPACT MEASUREMENT SCALES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 52649101524     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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