Frequency and impact of symptoms experienced by patients with systemic sclerosis: Results from a Canadian National Survey

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 762-767

  Bassel, Marielle ^a,b   Hudson, Marie ^a,b,c   Taillefer, Suzanne S ^b   Schieir, Orit ^d   Baron, Murray ^a,b   Thombs, Brett D ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Hand function; Pruritus; Quality of life; Scleroderma; Sleep problems; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79952786895     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq310     Document Type: Article

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