Remission of rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice: Application of the American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism 2011 remission criteria

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3204-3215

  Shahouri, Shadi H ^a   Michaud, Kaleb ^b   Mikuls, Ted R ^c   Caplan, Liron ^d   Shaver, Timothy S ^a   Anderson, James D ^a   Weidensaul, David N ^a   Busch, Ruth E ^e   Wang, Shirley ^a   Wolfe, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80155128010     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.30524     Document Type: Article

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