Look beyond the disease activity score of 28 joints (DAS28): Tender points influence the DAS28 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-27

  Ton, Evelien ^a   Bakker, Marije F ^a   Verstappen, Suzanne M M ^a   Ter Borg, Evert Jan ^b   Van Albada Kuipers, Iet A ^c   Schenk, Yolande ^d   Van Der Veen, Maaike J ^e   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ^a   Jacobs, Johannes W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^e ST JANSDAL HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

28 Joint disease activity score; Disease activity; Fibromyalgia; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tender points; Tight control; Treat to target

Indexed keywords

28 JOINT DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SWOLLEN JOINT COUNT; TENDER JOINT COUNT; TENDER POINT; TENDER POINT COUNT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84855393907     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110072     Document Type: Article

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