Is fatigue an inflammatory variable in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)? Analyses of fatigue in ra, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2788-2794

  Bergman, Martin J ^a   Shahouri, Shadi S ^d   Shaver, Timothy S ^b,c   Anderson, James D ^b,c   Weidensaul, David N ^b,c   Busch, Ruth E ^b   Wang, Shirley ^c   Wolfe, Frederick ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Arthritis and Rheumatology Clinics of Kansas   (United States)

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

^d University of Kansas School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Disease activity score; Fatigue; Inflammation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 72449186711     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090561     Document Type: Article

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