Gout measures: Gout Assessment Questionnaire (GAQ, GAQ2.0), and physical measurement of tophi

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2011, Pages

  Taylor, William J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Hutt Valley District Health Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEBUXOSTAT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOUT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOINT INJURY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GOUT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URIC ACID;

EID: 80755143380     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20622     Document Type: Article

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