Open AccessThe Behcet's Disease Activity Index
Author(s) -
Gemma Lawton
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
british journal of rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1460-2172
pISSN - 0263-7103
DOI - 10.1093/rheumatology/keg453
Subject(s) - rasch model , pooling , index (typography) , raw score , differential item functioning , behcet's disease , scale (ratio) , item response theory , psychology , disease , statistics , raw data , medicine , clinical psychology , psychometrics , mathematics , developmental psychology , geography , computer science , artificial intelligence , cartography , world wide web
To identify a subset of clinical features of Behçet's disease (BD) that can be summated to form an overall index of disease activity appropriate for clinical and research use internationally.