Similar performance of DAS-28, CDAI, and SDAI in rheumatoid arthritis patients with and without sonographic signs of active inflammation in routine clinical practice

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-236

  Dejaco, C ^a   Duftner, C ^b   Wipfler Freissmuth E ^b   Weiss, H ^b   Graninger, W B ^a   Schirmer, M ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE FOR 28; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79955623123     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2010.532505     Document Type: Letter

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