Postpublication validation of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: Where do we stand?

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-163

  Humphreys, Jennifer H ^a   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classification criteria; early arthritis; epidemiology; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EUROPE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873405007     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e32835cfc41     Document Type: Review

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