Classification of rheumatologic opinion on early inflammatory arthritis: Harmonization of a heterogeneous standard

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1407-1414

  Tavares, Ruben ^a   Wells, George A ^b   Scarf, Joel ^c   Cagaanan, Ria ^c   Bykerk, Vivian P ^d   Bell, Mary J ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOINT SWELLING; MORNING STIFFNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RHEUMATOLOGY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 77957680426     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20250     Document Type: Article

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