Chronic widespread pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the relation between pain and disease activity measures over the first 5 years

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1977-1985

  Andersson, Maria L E ^a,b   Svensson, Björn ^b   Bergman, Stefan ^a,b  

^a Spenshult Hospital   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic widespread pain; Clinical assessment; Disease activity measures; Pain; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC REGIONAL PAIN; CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY MEASURES; PAIN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84889013620     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130493     Document Type: Article

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