Validity of the polymyalgia rheumatica activity score in primary care practice

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 541-545

  Binard, A ^a   Letebvre, B ^a   De Bandt, M ^b   Berthelot, J M ^c   Saraux, A ^a,d  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger CHRB   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORNING STIFFNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; VIGNETTE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXPERT WITNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; ROC CURVE; VALIDATION STUDY;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65249128020     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.088526     Document Type: Article

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