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Patricia W. Spitz
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 22
Citations - 9451
Patricia W. Spitz is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rheumatoid arthritis & Arthritis. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 22 publications receiving 9188 citations. Previous affiliations of Patricia W. Spitz include University of Saskatchewan & University of Kansas.
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Measurement of patient outcome in arthritis.
TL;DR: A structure for representation of patient outcome is presented, together with a method for outcome measurement and validation of the technique in rheumatoid arthritis, and these techniques appear extremely useful for evaluation of long term outcome of patients with rheumatic diseases.
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The dimensions of health outcomes: the health assessment questionnaire, disability and pain scales.
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The mortality of rheumatoid arthritis
Frederick Wolfe,Donald M. Mitchell,John Sibley,James F. Fries,Daniel A. Bloch,Catherine A. Williams,Patricia W. Spitz,May Haga,S M Kleinheksel,M. A. Cathey +9 more
TL;DR: Mortality rates are increased at least 2-fold in RA, and are linked to clinical severity, with a large excess of deaths attributable to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
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Survival, prognosis, and causes of death in rheumatoid arthritis
Donald M. Mitchell,Donald M. Mitchell,Patricia W. Spitz,Patricia W. Spitz,Donald Y. Young,Donald Y. Young,Daniel A. Bloch,Daniel A. Bloch,Dennis J. McShane,Dennis J. McShane,James F. Fries,James F. Fries +11 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic disabling disease, is also associated with a major decrease in survivorship, and treatment with gold or prednisone did not seem to affect survivorship or cause of death.
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Radiographic assessment of progression in osteoarthritis
Roy D. Altman,James F. Fries,Daniel A. Bloch,John Carstens,T. Cooke Derek Mb,Harry K. Genant,Philip Gofton,Harry Groth,Dennis J. McShane,William A. Murphy,John T. Sharp,Patricia W. Spitz,Catherine A. Williams,Frederick Wolfe +13 more
TL;DR: Methods of grading radiologic progression of osteoarthritis (OA) will be useful to the investigator in designing experimental studies and to the clinician in determining the rate of disease progression in an individual patient.