Comparison of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League against Rheumatism and the 1987 American Rheumatism Association classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis in an early arthritis cohort in New Zealand

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2098-2103

  Raja, Rafi ^a   Chapman, Peter T ^a   O'Donnell, John L ^a   Ipenburg, Jan ^a   Frampton, Chris ^b   Hurst, Miriam ^a   Stamp, Lisa K ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1987 ARA; 2010 ACR EULAR; Classification; Criteria; Early arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

1987 AMERICAN RHEUMATISM ASSOCIATION CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; 2010 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY EUROPEAN LEAGUE AGAINST RHEUMATISM CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE 28; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; JOINT TENDERNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868378079     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120226     Document Type: Article

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