Reliability and validity of the university of california, los angeles scleroderma clinical trial consortium gastrointestinal tract instrument

Khanna, Dinesh; D. Hays, Ron; Maranian, Paul; R. Seibold, James; Impens, Ann; D. Mayes, Maureen; J. Clements, Philip; Getzug, Terri; Fathi, Nihal; Bechtel, Amber; E. Furst, Daniel

doi:10.1002/art.24730

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Reliability and validity of the university of california, los angeles scleroderma clinical trial consortium gastrointestinal tract instrument

Published in Arthritis Care & Research • Aug 27, 2009

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Dinesh Khanna

Ron D. Hays

Paul Maranian

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OBJECTIVE: To refine the previously developed scleroderma (systemic sclerosis [SSc]) gastrointestinal tract (GIT) instrument (SSC-GIT 1.0). METHODS: We administered the SSC-GIT 1.0 and the Short Form 36 to 152 patients with SSc; 1 item was added to the SSC-GIT 1.0 to assess rectal incontinence. In a...

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