Fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Association with severity of pain, disease activity and functional status

Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 364-369

  Garip, Yesim ^a   Eser, Filiz ^a   Aktekin, Lale Akbulut ^a   Bodur, Hatice ^a  

^a Numune Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Fatigue; Functional status; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864742709     PISSN: 0303464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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