Clinical outcomes in psoriatic arthritis: A systematic literature review

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-406

  Palominos, Penélope Esther ^a   Gaujoux Viala, Cécile ^b   Fautrel, Bruno ^b   Dougados, Maxime ^a   Gossec, Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DATA ANALYSIS; ENTHESITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859854627     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21552     Document Type: Review

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