Depressive symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis
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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Depressive Symptoms and Inflammation.
I would like to make a few interpretations and supplementations related with the study titled “Body Image and Self-Esteem in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis” (Archives of Neuropsychiatry 2013;50:202-208) conducted by Kurt et al. published in your journal. First of all, this study set light to the subjects of “body image and self-esteem” which are not very frequently considered in clinical ev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1809-452X,1516-4446
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462010005000021