Validation of the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: Slight improvement over the 1987 ACR criteria

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1468-1470

  Britsemmer, Karin ^a   Ursum, Jennie ^a   Gerritsen, Martijn ^a   Van Tuyl, Lilian ^b   Van Schaardenburg, Dirkjan ^a  

^a Department of Rheumatology   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISSER DECISION RULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959775642     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.148619     Document Type: Article

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