EULAR points to consider for conducting clinical trials in systemic lupus erythematosus: literature based evidence for the selection of endpoints

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-483

  Bertsias, G K ^a   Ioannidis, J P A ^b   Boletis, J ^c   Bombardieri, S ^d   Cervera, R ^e   Dostal, C ^f   Font, J ^e   Gilboe, I M ^g   Houssiau, F ^h   Huizinga, T ⁱ   Isenberg, D ^j   Kallenberg, C G M ^k   Khamashta, M ^l   Piette, J C ^m   Schneider, M ⁿ   Smolen, J ^o   Sturfelt, G ^p   Tincani, A ^q   Van Vollenhoven, R ^r   Boumpas, D T ^a   Gordon, C ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^g OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

ⁱ LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^l ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^o MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^p LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^q Ospedale Civile di Brescia   (Italy)

^r KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABETIMUS; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PRASTERONE; PREDNISONE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SELF EVALUATION; SEROLOGY; SKIN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDATION STUDY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249108137     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.083030     Document Type: Article

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