Diagnosis and referral of rheumatoid arthritis by primary care physician: Results of a pilot study on the city of Pisa, Italy

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-81

  Della Rossa, Alessandra ^a   Neri, Rossella ^a   Talarico, Rosaria ^a   Doveri, Marica ^a   Consensi, Arianna ^a   Salvadori, Stefano ^b   Lorenzoni, Valentina ^b   Turchetti, Giuseppe ^c   Bellelli, Stefania ^c   Cazzato, Massimiliano ^a   Bazzichi, Laura ^a   Monicelli, Paolo ^d   Moscardini, Stefano ^d   Bombardieri, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Clinimetrics; Economic implications; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Primary care; Quality of life; Reliability; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GOLD SALT; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CARE; SIDE EFFECT; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VOCATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 72949108905     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1285-x     Document Type: Article

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