Discordance between patient and physician assessments of disease severity in systemic sclerosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2307-2312

  Hudson, Marie ^a   Impens, Ann ^b   Baron, Murray ^a   Seibold, James R ^b   Thombs, Brett D ^a   Walker, Jennifer G ^c   Steele, Russell ^a   Pope, J ^d   Markland, J ^d   Robinson, D ^d   Jones, N ^d   Khalidi, N ^d   Docherty, P ^d   Kaminska, E ^d   Masetto, A ^d   Smith, D ^d   Sutton, E ^d   Mathieu, J P ^d   Ligier, S ^d   Grodzicky, T ^d   Mittoo, S ^d   Fritzler, M ^e   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory ^*

^e Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Outcome assessment; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINGER TIP INJURY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ULCER; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 78149245434     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100354     Document Type: Article

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