Hand impairment in systemic sclerosis: Association of different hand indices with organ involvement

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 393-397

  Ingegnoli, F ^a   Boracchi, P ^a   Ambrogi, F ^a   Gualtierotti, R ^a   Galbiati, V ^a   Meroni, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; FINGER TO PALM DISTANCE IN FLEXION; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HAND ANATOMIC INDEX; HAND DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOBILITY IN SCLERODERMA; HAND MOVEMENT; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULCER; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; ESOPHAGUS; EVALUATION STUDY; HAND JOINT; HEART; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HEART; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROC CURVE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957861013     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009741003629028     Document Type: Article

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