How much difference does the age at onset make in early arthritis patients? Comparison between the ACR 1987 and the ACR/EULAR 2010 classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis at the time of diagnosis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2881-2884

  Tamas, Maria Magdalena ^a   Felea, Ioana ^a   Rednic, Simona ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Classification criteria; Early arthritis; Early onset early arthritis; Late onset early arthritis

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ACR 1987 CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EULAR 2010 CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84886665721     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-012-2515-0     Document Type: Article

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