title: The National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases (NDB).
abstract: The National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases (NDB) is a longitudinal observational patient-driven database, founded as a non-profit research organization in 1998 by Dr. Frederick Wolfe. Patients are sent a primary questionnaire twice a year. More than 50,000 patients with more than 100 various rheumatic diseases under the care of more than 1,500 rheumatologists have completed at least one 6-month questionnaire. Many important publications concerning rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, fibromyalgia, and pharmaco-epidemiology have resulted from NDB research.
authors.affiliation: National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS; and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. kaleb@ndb.org.
authors.forename: Kaleb
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michaud
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents