Discordant patient–physician assessments of disease activity and its persistence adversely impact quality of life and work productivity in US Hispanics with rheumatoid arthritis

George A Karpouzas; Sera N Ramadan; Chelsie E Cost; Taylor L Draper; Elizabeth Hernandez; Vibeke Strand; Sarah R Ormseth

doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000551

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Discordant patient–physician assessments of disease activity and its persistence adversely impact quality of life and work productivity in US Hispanics with rheumatoid arthritis

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George A Karpouzas Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sera N Ramadan Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chelsie E Cost David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Psychology, University of California, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Taylor L Draper David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Psychology, University of California, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elizabeth Hernandez Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vibeke Strand Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah R Ormseth Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr George A Karpouzas; gkarpouzas{at}labiomed.org

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Karpouzas GA, Ramadan SN, Cost CE, et al

Discordant patient–physician assessments of disease activity and its persistence adversely impact quality of life and work productivity in US Hispanics with rheumatoid arthritis

RMD Open 2017;3:e000551. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000551

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Received August 1, 2017
Revision received October 4, 2017
Accepted October 9, 2017
First published October 25, 2017.

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July 06, 2018

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