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From cancer to rheumatoid arthritis: is FACIT a reliable scale for measuring fatigue?

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The synopsis was written by Jasmine Farsarakis, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Reader in Clinical Nursing at the University of the West of England, and a Consultant Rheumatology Nurse at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK

    Sarah Hewlett

  2. Professor of Rheumatic Diseases at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    John Kirwan

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Hewlett, S., Kirwan, J. From cancer to rheumatoid arthritis: is FACIT a reliable scale for measuring fatigue?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 1, 14–15 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncprheum0039

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