Disease activity measures in paediatric rheumatic diseases

International Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Luca, Nadia J ^a   Feldman, Brian M ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EUROPEAN CONSENSUS LUPUS ACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; JUVENILE ARTHRITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; JUVENILE SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MYOSITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT TOOL; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 84884835656     PISSN: 16879260     EISSN: 16879279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/715352     Document Type: Review

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