Follow-up standards and treatment targets in rheumatoid arthritis: Results of a questionnaire at the EULAR 2008

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 575-578

  Schoels, Monika ^a   Aletaha, Daniel ^b   Smolen, Josef S ^a,b   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ^c   Burmester, Gerd ^d   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^e   Cutolo, Maurizio ^f   Combe, Bernar ^g   Dougados, Maxime ^h   Emery, Paul ⁱ   Kalden, Joachim ^j   Keystone, Edward C ^k   Kvien, Tore K ^l   Martin Mola, Emilio ^m   Montecucco, Carlomaurizio ⁿ   De Wit, Maarten ^o  

^a HIETZING HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^k MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^o EULAR Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 77949481994     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.108472     Document Type: Article

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