The impact of fibromyalgia on disease assessment in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Egyptian Rheumatologist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 115-119

  Nawito, Zeinab ^a   Rady, Hanaa M ^a   Maged, Lobna A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CDAI; DAS 28; Fibromyalgia; MHAQ; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EGYPTIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF GENERAL HEALTH; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDER JOIN COUNT;

EID: 84881287246     PISSN: 11101164     EISSN: 20902433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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