Is the alifax test-1th useful to determine the disease activity score (DAS28) in rheumatoid arthritis patients?

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-474

  Levitus, M ^a   Pelliccia, A ^b   van Stadt, R J ^b   Voskuyl, A E ^a   Bouman, A A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alifax Test 1TH; DAS28; ESR; Rheumatoidarthritis; Westergren

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61549122723     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1092-4     Document Type: Article

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