Course of the modified rodnan skin thickness score in systemic sclerosis clinical trials: Analysis of three large multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trials

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2490-2498

  Amjadi, Sogol ^a   Maranian, Paul ^a   Furst, Daniel E ^a   Clements, Philip J ^a   Weng, Kee Wong ^a   Postlethwaite, Arnold E ^b   Khanna, Puja P ^a   Khanna, Dinesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; PENICILLAMINE; PLACEBO; RELAXIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; METHODOLOGY; MODIFIED RODNAN SKIN THICKNESS SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLAMINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RELAXIN; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 68049111578     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24681     Document Type: Article

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