Discrepancies in categorizing rheumatoid arthritis patients by DAS-28(ESR) and DAS-28(CRP): Can they be reduced?

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1521-1529

  Hensor, Elizabeth M A ^a,b   Emery, Paul ^a,b   Bingham, Sarah J ^c   Conaghan, Philip G ^a,b   Morgan, Ann ^a   Keenan, Anne Maree ^a   Quinn, Mark ^d   Gough, Andrew ^e   Green, Michael ^d,e   Reece, Richard ^f   Hordon, Lesley ^g   Helliwell, Philip ^a,h   Melsom, Richard ^h   Doherty, Sheelagh ⁱ   Adebajo, Ade ^j   Harvey, Andrew ^k   Jarrett, Steve ^k   Huson, Gareth ^a   Isdale, Amanda ^d   Martin, Mike ^a   Karim, Zunaid ^k   McGonagle, Dennis ^a,l   Pease, Colin ^a   Cox, Sally ^a   Bejarano, Victoria ^a   Nam, Jackie ^a   Villeneuve, Edith ^a   Twigg, Sarah ^a   Brown, Claire ^a   Thomas, Christine ^a   Pickles, David ^a   Hammond, Alison ^a   Neville, Beverley ^e   Fairclough, Alan ^f   Nunns, Caroline ^f   Gill, Anne ^d   Green, Julie ^d   Rhys Evans, Belinda ^a   Padwell, Barbara ^a   Madden, Julie ^l   Taylor, Lynda ^l   Smith, Sally ^a   King, Heather ^a   Firth, Jill ^h   Heard, Jayne ⁱ   Sigsworth, Linda ^h   Corscadden, Diane ^a   Henshaw, Karen ^a   Rashid, Lubna Haroon ^a   Martin, Stephen G ^a   Robinson, James I ^a   Kozera, Lukasz ^a   Fahy, Sarah ^a   Paterson, Andrea ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Chapel Allerton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g Dewsbury District and General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^h ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^j BARNSLEY DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l CALDERDALE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Disease activity score 28 (CRP); Disease activity score 28 (ESR); Early; Established; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE 28; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

EID: 77954737367     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq117     Document Type: Article

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