Remission in rheumatoid arthritis: Physician and patient perspectives

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 930-933

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a   Boers, Maarten ^d   Felson, David ^b   Michaud, Kaleb ^a,c   Wells, George A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE; SELF EVALUATION;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; ROC CURVE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67449093686     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080947     Document Type: Article

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