Improved early identification of arthritis: Evaluating the efficacy of Early Arthritis Recognition Clinics

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1295-1301

  Van Nies, Jessica A B ^a   Brouwer, Elisabeth ^b   Van Gaalen, Floris A ^a   Allaart, Cornelia F ^a   Huizinga, Tom W J ^a   Posthumus, Marcel D ^b   Van Der Helm Van Mil, Annette H M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84880250038     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202289     Document Type: Article

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