The new European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology diagnostic criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: How are they performing?

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 354-359

  Vonkeman, Harald E ^a   Van De Laar, Mart A F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diagnostic value; RA classification criteria; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875889693     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e32835f6928     Document Type: Review

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