SDAI/CDAI levels in rheumatoid arthritis patients are highly dependent on patient's pain perception and gender

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 410-413

  Rintelen, B ^a   Haindl, P M ^a   Maktari, A ^a   Nothnagl, T ^a   Hartl, E ^a   Leeb, B F ^a  

^a Stockerau Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMPLIFIED DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56249095483     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740802241717     Document Type: Article

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