An Internet-based technique for the identification of persons with symptoms of inflammatory polyarthritis of less than 12 weeks

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 465-470

  Liang, Matthew H ^a,b   Couto, Maura C M ^c   Duarte, Cátia C M ^d   Gall, Victoria ^a   White, Patience ^e   Naides, Stanley ^f   Schumacher, H Ralph ^g,h   Hwang, Andrew S ⁱ   Holers, V Michael ^j   Deane, Kevin D ^j   Gupta, Samar ^a   Ho, I Cheng ^a,b   Finckh, Axel ^k   Kopec, Jacek ^l   Choi, Chan Bum ^a,m,n   Sayre, Eric C ^l  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Hospital de Sao Teotonio   (Portugal)

^d CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^l ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^m Section of Rheumatology   (United States)

ⁿ Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Internet; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; ALGORITHM; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL TRIAL; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS SCREENING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84925481452     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-014-2796-7     Document Type: Article

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