Prediction of articular destruction in rheumatoid arthritis: Disease activity markers revisited

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-34

  Coste, Joël ^a   Spira, Alfred ^b,d   Clerc, Didier ^c   Paolaggi, Jean Baptiste ^c,d  

^a Université Paris Descartes   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Department of Rheumatology ^*

Author keywords

clinical trials; disease activity; markers; radiographic progression; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GOLD; IRON; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OROSOMUCOID; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031030066     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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