Editorial: Total joint replacement outcomes in patients with concomitant comorbidities: A glass half empty or half full?

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1157-1159

  Losina, Elena ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; CONVALESCENCE; EDITORIAL; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MUSCLE DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMORBIDITY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876523008     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.37903     Document Type: Review

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