Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: It's finally time to move on!

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-238

  Sokolove, Jeremy ^a   Strand, Vibeke ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78449259770     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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