Diagnosis and therapeutical management offered to rheumatoid arthritis patients in Brazil - Rheumatologists answers from an assessment questionnaire;Conduta no diagnóstico e tratamento dos pacientes com artrite reumatóide no Brasil - Respostas dos médicos a um questionário de avaliação

Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-51

  Ferraz, M B ^a   de Soarez, P C ^a   Riera, R ^a   Ciconelli, R M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Care Management; Patients; Questionnaire; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 67649770450     PISSN: 0303464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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