Non-overlapping American College of Rheumatology response rates: A better way to report response in rheumatoid arthritis cinical trials

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3524-3527

  Boers, Maarten ^a   Kostense, Piet J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; METHOTREXATE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649890479     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.27711     Document Type: Note

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