Prevalence of subjective voice impairment in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1441-1443

  Fisher, Benjamin A ^a,b   Dolan, Kathleen ^a,b   Hastings, Lesley ^a,b   McClinton, Catherine ^a,b   Taylor, Peter C ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Dysphonia; Rheumatoid arthritis; VHI; Voice; Voice handicap index

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 53849102170     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0994-x     Document Type: Article

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