Monitoring response to therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: Perspectives from the clinic

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-242

  Daul, Patricia ^a   Grisanti, Joseph ^b  

^a Buffalo Infusion Center   (United States)

^b Buffalo Rheumatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GLOBAL ARTHRITIS SCORE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE VALIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; ROUTINE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT INDEX DATA 3; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SIMPLIFIED DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649515086     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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