Patient perspective on remission in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1735-1738

  Van Tuyl, Lilian H D ^a   Smolen, Josef S ^b   Wells, George A ^c   Scholte Voshaar, Marieke ^a   Hoogland, Wijnanda ^a   Boers, Maarten ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment; Patient reported outcome; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME MEASURES IN RHEUMATOLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WORKSHOP;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961100195     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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