Development and validation of a preliminary definition of minimal disease activity in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1120-1127

  Magni Manzoni, Silvia ^a   Ruperto, Nicolino ^b   Pistorio, Angela ^b   Sala, Elena ^b   Solari, Nicoletta ^b   Palmisani, Elena ^b   Cugno, Chiara ^a   Bozzola, Elena ^a   Martini, Alberto ^c   Ravelli, Angelo ^b,c  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL DISEASE ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLYARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 49549118435     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23916     Document Type: Article

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