Implementation of the connective tissue screening questionnaire in Northeast Pennsylvania to identify comorbidities of connective tissue diseases in subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-138

  Farrell, Michael S ^a   Wallace, Sean J ^a   Clarke, Scott M ^a   Tarafder, Mushfiqur R ^a   Mclaughlin, William A ^a  

^a Janet Weis Children s Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune connective tissue disease; Community health; Disease management; Screening questionnaire; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED STATES;

AUTOIMMUNE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 84908216086     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131913511118     Document Type: Article

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