Evaluation of the internet for finding persons with undiagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 218-222

  Hwang, Andrew S ^a   Gall, Victoria ^b   Liang, Matthew H ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case finding; Early diagnosis; Internet; Rheumatoid arthritis; Screening; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEARCH ENGINE; STANDARD; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; INTERNET; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 69549111450     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181b126d3     Document Type: Article

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