Daniel A. Bloch

Fischer D, Stewart A, Bloch D, Lorig K, Laurent D, Holman H. Capturing the patient's view of change as a clinical outcome measure. JAMA. 1999;282:1157-62.
Hubert H, Bloch D, Oehlert J, Fries J. Life-style habits and compression of morbidity. Arthritis Rheum. 1999;42:S223.
Schwartz AV, Villa ML, Prill M, et al. Falls in older Mexican-American women. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999;47(11):1371-8.
Lane NE, Oehlert JW, Bloch DA, Fries JF. The relationship of running to osteoarthritis of the knee and hip and bone mineral density of the lumbar spine: a 9 year longitudinal study. J Rheumatol. 1998;25(2):334-41.
Schurman DJ, Matityahu A, Goodman SB, et al. Prediction of postoperative knee flexion in Insall-Burstein II total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop. 1998(353):175-84.
Gironimi G, Clarke AE, Hamilton VH, et al. Why health care costs more in the US: comparing health care expenditures between systemic lupus erythematosus patients in Stanford and Montreal. Arthritis Rheum. 1996;39(6):979-87.
James KE, Bloch DA, Lee KK, Kraemer HC, Fuller RK. An index for assessing blindness in a multi-centre clinical trial: disulfiram for alcohol cessation--a VA cooperative study. Stat Med. 1996;15(13):1421-34.
Matteson EL, Gold KN, Bloch DA, Hunder GG. Long-term survival of patients with giant cell arteritis in the American College of Rheumatology giant cell arteritis classification criteria cohort. Am J Med. 1996;100(2):193-6.
Matteson EL, Gold KN, Bloch DA, Hunder GG. Long-term survival of patients with Wegener's granulomatosis from the American College of Rheumatology Wegener's Granulomatosis Classification Criteria Cohort. Am J Med. 1996;101(2):129-34.
Williams C, Bloch D, Sibley J. Lymphoma and leukemia in rheumatoid arthritis: are they associated with azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, or methotrexate? A matched case-control study in the Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Aging Medical Information System (ARAMIS) population. J Clin Rheumatol. 1996;2:64-72.
Clarke AE, Bloch DA, Medsger TA, Jr., Oddis CV. A longitudinal study of functional disability in a national cohort of patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis. Arthritis Rheum. 1995;38(9):1218-24.
Hornberger J, Habrakan H, Bloch D. Minimum data needed on patient references for accurate, efficient medical decision making. Med Care. 1995;33:297-310.
Poole JL, Williams CA, Bloch DA, Hollak B, Spitz P. Concurrent validity of the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index in Scleroderma. Arthritis Care Res. 1995;8(3):189-93.
Ward MM, Hubert HB, Shi H, Bloch DA. Physical disability in older runners: prevalence, risk factors, and progression with age. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1995;50(2):M70-7.
Astion ML, Wener MH, Thomas RG, Hunder GG, Bloch DA. Application of neural networks to the classification of giant cell arteritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1994;37(5):760-70.
Bloch D. Comparing diagnostic tests against the same "gold standard" in the same sample. . 1994.
Clarke AE, Bloch DA, Danoff DS, Esdaile JM. Decreasing costs and improving outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus: using regression trees to develop health policy. J Rheumatol. 1994;21(12):2246-53.
Lacaille D, Clarke AE, Bloch DA, Danoff D, Esdaile JM. The impact of disease activity, treatment and disease severity on short- term costs of systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol. 1994;21(3):448-53.
Ward M, Hubert H, Shi H, Bloch D. A longitudinal study if physical disability in older runners: prevalence, risk factors. J Gerontol. 1994.
Wolfe F, Mitchell DM, Sibley JT, et al. The mortality of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1994;37(4):481-94.
Astion ML, Bloch DA, Wener MH. Neural networks as expert systems in rheumatic disease diagnosis: artificial intelligence or intelligent artifice? J Rheumatol. 1993;20(9):1465-8.
Astion ML, Bloch DA, Wener MH. Neural networks as expert systems in rheumatic disease diagnosis: artificial intelligence or intelligent artifice? [editorial] [see comments]. J Rheumatol. 1993;20(9):1465-8.
Astion ML, Wener MH, Thomas RG, Hunder GG, Bloch DA. Overtraining in neural networks that interpret clinical data. Clin Chem. 1993;39(9):1998-2004.
Clarke AE, Esdaile JM, Bloch DA, Lacaille D, Danoff DS, Fries JF. A Canadian study of the total medical costs for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and the predictors of costs. Arthritis Rheum. 1993;36(11):1548-59.
Edworthy SM, Bloch DA, Brant RF, Fries JF. Detecting treatment effects in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the advantage of longitudinal data. J Rheumatol. 1993;20(1):40-4.
Fries JF, Bloch DA, Harrington H, Richardson N, Beck R. Two-year results of a randomized controlled trial of a health promotion program in a retiree population: the Bank of America Study. Am J Med. 1993;94(5):455-62.
Fries JF, Ramey DR, Singh G, Morfeld D, Bloch DA, Raynauld JP. A reevaluation of aspirin therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. Arch Intern Med. 1993;153(21):2465-71.
Fries JF, Williams CA, Ramey D, Bloch DA. The relative toxicity of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Arthritis Rheum. 1993;36(3):297-306.
Hubert HB, Bloch DA, Fries JF. Risk factors for physical disability in an aging cohort: the NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study. J Rheumatol. 1993;20(3):480-8.
Lane NE, Michel B, Bjorkengren A, et al. The risk of osteoarthritis with running and aging: a 5-year longitudinal study. J Rheumatol. 1993;20(3):461-8.
Michel BA, Bloch DA, Wolfe F, Fries JF. Fractures in rheumatoid arthritis: an evaluation of associated risk factors. J Rheumatol. 1993;20(10):1666-9.
Raynauld JP, Bloch DA, Fries JF. Seasonal variation in the onset of Wegener's granulomatosis, polyarteritis nodosa and giant cell arteritis. J Rheumatol. 1993;20(9):1524-6.
Callahan LF, Bloch DA, Pincus T. Identification of work disability in rheumatoid arthritis: physical, radiographic and laboratory variables do not add explanatory power to demographic and functional variables. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992;45(2):127-38.
Michel BA, Bloch DA, Fries JF. Physical activity and fractures over the age of fifty years. Int Orthop. 1992;16(1):87-91.
Michel BA, Fries JF, Bloch DA, Lane NE, Jones HH. Osteophytosis of the knee: association with changes in weight-bearing exercise. Clin Rheumatol. 1992;11(2):235-8.
Michel BA, Hunder GG, Bloch DA, Calabrese LH. Hypersensitivity vasculitis and Henoch-Schonlein purpura: a comparison between the 2 disorders. J Rheumatol. 1992;19(5):721-8.
Michel BA, Lane NE, Bjorkengren A, Bloch DA, Fries JF. Impact of running on lumbar bone density: a 5-year longitudinal study. J Rheumatol. 1992;19(11):1759-63.
Altman R, Alarcon G, Appelrouth D, et al. The American College of Rheumatology criteria for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis of the hip. Arthritis Rheum. 1991;34(5):505-14.
Altman RD, Medsger TA, Jr., Bloch DA, Michel BA. Predictors of survival in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). Arthritis Rheum. 1991;34(4):403-13.
Fries J, Spitz P, Bloch D, Williams C. Factors in the duration and discontinuation of treatment with nonsteroidal and anti-inflammatory medications. Excertpa Medica. 1991;3:51-62.
Fries JF, Williams CA, Bloch DA. The relative toxicity of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Arthritis Rheum. 1991;34(11):1353-60.
Fries JF, Williams CA, Bloch DA, Michel BA. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-associated gastropathy: incidence and risk factor models. Am J Med. 1991;91(3):213-22.
Michel B, Lane N, Bloch D, Hones H, Fries J. Effect of changes in weight-bearing exercise on lumbar bone mass after age fifty. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1991;23:397-401.
Michel BA, Bloch DA, Fries JF. Predictors of fractures in early rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 1991;18(6):804-8.
Sharp J, Mitchell D, Wolfe F, Bloch D. Radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1991;34:669-678.
Sharp JT, Wolfe F, Mitchell DM, Bloch DA. The progression of erosion and joint space narrowing scores in rheumatoid arthritis during the first twenty-five years of disease. Arthritis Rheum. 1991;34(6):660-8.
Singh G, Fries JF, Williams CA, Zatarain E, Spitz P, Bloch DA. Toxicity profiles of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 1991;18(2):188-94.
Altman R, Alarcon G, Appelrouth D, et al. The American College of Rheumatology criteria for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis of the hand. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(11):1601-10.
Arend WP, Michel BA, Bloch DA, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of Takayasu arteritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1129-34.
Bloch DA, Michel BA, Hunder GG, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of vasculitis. Patients and methods. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1068-73.
Bloch DA, Moses LE, Michel BA. Statistical approaches to classification. Methods for developing classification and other criteria rules. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1137-44.
Calabrese LH, Michel BA, Bloch DA, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of hypersensitivity vasculitis. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1108-13.
Fries J, Spitz P, Williams C, Singh G, Bloch D, Hubert H. A toxicity index for comparison of side effects among different drugs. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33:121-130.
Fries JF, Hunder GG, Bloch DA, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of vasculitis. Summary. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1135-6.
Hunder GG, Arend WP, Bloch DA, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of vasculitis. Introduction. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1065-7.
Hunder GG, Bloch DA, Michel BA, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of giant cell arteritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1122-8.
Lane NE, Bloch DA, Hubert HB, Jones H, Simpson U, Fries JF. Running, osteoarthritis, and bone density: initial 2-year longitudinal study. Am J Med. 1990;88(5):452-9.
Leavitt RY, Fauci AS, Bloch DA, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of Wegener's granulomatosis. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1101-7.
Lightfoot RW, Michel BA, Bloch DA, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of polyarteritis nodosa. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1088-93.
Maloney W, Schurman D, Hangen D, Goodman S, Edworthy S, Bloch D. The effects of continuous passive motion in total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop. 1990;256:162-168.
Masi AT, Hunder GG, Lie JT, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of Churg-Strauss syndrome (allergic granulomatosis and angiitis). Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1094-100.
Michel BA, Lane NE, Jones HH, Fries JF, Bloch DA. Plain radiographs can be useful in estimating lumbar bone density. J Rheumatol. 1990;17(4):528-31.
Mills JA, Michel BA, Bloch DA, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of Henoch-Schonlein purpura. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1114-21.
Bloch D, Segal M. Empirical comparison of approaches to forming strata: using classification trees to form strata. Jnl Amer Statistical Association. 1989;84:897-905.
Bloch DA, Kraemer HC. 2 x 2 kappa coefficients: measures of agreement or association. Biometrics. 1989;45(1):269-87.
Bloch DA, Lorig K, Brown BW, Jr., Moses LE. Parametric and nonparametric analyses of the same data [letter]. Soc Sci Med. 1989;29(2):259-60.
Edworthy SM, Bloch DA, McShane DJ, Segal MR, Fries JF. A "state model" of renal function in systemic lupus erythematosus: its value in the prediction of outcome in 292 patients. J Rheumatol. 1989;16(1):29-35.
Fries J, Miller S, Spitz P, Williams C, Hubert H, Bloch D. Toward an epidemiology of gastropathy associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Gastroenterology. 1989;96:647-655.
Fries JF, Singh G, Bloch DA, Calin A. The natural history of ankylosing spondylitis: is the disease really changing? J Rheumatol. 1989;16(7):860-3.
Lane NE, Bloch DA, Jones HH, Simpson U, Fries JF. Osteoarthritis in the hand: a comparison of handedness and hand use. J Rheumatol. 1989;16(5):637-42.
Lyon MG, Bloch DA, Hollak B, Fries JF. Predisposing factors in polymyositis-dermatomyositis: results of a nationwide survey. J Rheumatol. 1989;16(9):1218-24.
Michel B, Bloch D, Fries J. Weight-bearing exercise, overexercise, and limbar bone density over age fifty. Arch Intern Med. 1989;149:2325-2329.
Schurman DJ, Bloch DA, Segal MR, Tanner CM. Conventional cemented total hip arthroplasty. Assessment of clinical factors associated with revision for mechanical failure. Clin Orthop. 1989(240):173-80.
Segal MR, Bloch DA. A comparison of estimated proportional hazards models and regression trees. Stat Med. 1989;8(5):539-50.
Arnett FC, Edworthy SM, Bloch DA, et al. The American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1988;31(3):315-24.
Bloch D, Moses L. Nonoptimally weighted least squares. American Statistician. 1988;42:50-53.
Edworthy SM, Zatarain E, McShane DJ, Bloch DA. Analysis of the 1982 ARA lupus criteria data set by recursive partitioning methodology: new insights into the relative merit of individual criteria. J Rheumatol. 1988;15(10):1493-8.
Fries JF, Bloch DA, Segal MR, Spitz PW, Williams C, Lane NE. Postmarketing surveillance in rheumatology: analysis of purpura and upper abdominal pain. J Rheumatol. 1988;15(2):348-55.
Kraemer HC, Bloch DA. Kappa coefficients in epidemiology: an appraisal of a reappraisal. J Clin Epidemiol. 1988;41(10):959-68.
Altman RD, Bloch DA, Bole GG, Jr., et al. Development of clinical criteria for osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 1987;14 Spec No:3-6.
Altman RD, Fries JF, Bloch DA, et al. Radiographic assessment of progression in osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1987;30(11):1214-25.
Lane NE, Bloch DA, Wood PD, Fries JF. Aging, long-distance running, and the development of musculoskeletal disability. A controlled study. Am J Med. 1987;82(4):772-80.
Sherrer Y, Bloch D, Strober S, Fries J. Comparative toxicity of total lymphoid irradiation and immunosuppressive drug treated patients with intractable rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 1987;14(1):46-51.
Sherrer YS, Bloch DA, Mitchell DM, Roth SH, Wolfe F, Fries JF. Disability in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of prognostic factors across three populations. J Rheumatol. 1987;14(4):705-9.
Altman R, Asch E, Bloch D, et al. Development of criteria for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis. Classification of osteoarthritis of the knee. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Criteria Committee of the American Rheumatism Association. Arthritis Rheum. 1986;29(8):1039-49.
Bloch DA. Sample size requirements and the cost of a randomized clinical trial with repeated measurements. Stat Med. 1986;5(6):663-7.
Fries JF, Bloch DA, Sharp JT, et al. Assessment of radiologic progression in rheumatoid arthritis. A randomized, controlled trial. Arthritis Rheum. 1986;29(1):1-9.
Fries JF, Spitz PW, Mitchell DM, Roth SH, Wolfe F, Bloch DA. Impact of specific therapy upon rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1986;29(5):620-7.
Lane NE, Bloch DA, Jones HH, Marshall WH, Wood PD, Fries JF. Long-distance running, bone density, and osteoarthritis. JAMA. 1986;255(9):1147-51.
Mitchell D, Spitz P, Young D, Bloch D, McShane D, Fries J. Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis. . 1986.
Mitchell DM, Spitz PW, Young DY, Bloch DA, McShane DJ, Fries JF. Survival, prognosis, and causes of death in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1986;29(6):706-14.
Sherrer YS, Bloch DA, Mitchell DM, Young DY, Fries JF. The development of disability in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1986;29(4):494-500.
Fries JF, Bloch D, Spitz P, Mitchell DM. Cancer in rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective long-term study of mortality. Am J Med. 1985;78(1A):56-9.

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