Symptom complexes at the earliest phases of rheumatoid arthritis: A synthesis of the qualitative literature

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1916-1926

  Stack, Rebecca J ^a   Sahni, Melanie ^a   Mallen, Christian D ^b   Raza, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AMBIGUITY; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; JOINT STIFFNESS; PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SWELLING; SYMPTOM; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEAKNESS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84889044008     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22097     Document Type: Article

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