A modified hand anatomic index to assesss hand deformity in scleroderma

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 847-848

  Roberts Thomson, A J ^a   Englert, H ^b   Ahern, M J ^a   Smith, M D ^a   Highton, J ^c   Roberts Thomson, P J ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND AMPUTATION; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; WRIST;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FINGERS; HAND; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 67349233413     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0777-3     Document Type: Letter

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