Why CAPS criteria are not diagnostic criteria?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Landewé, Robert Bm ^a,b   Van Der Heijde, Désirée Mfm ^c,d  

^a Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center   (Netherlands)

^b Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fever Syndromes; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

CINCA SYNDROME; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER;

CRYOPYRIN-ASSOCIATED PERIODIC SYNDROMES; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS;

EID: 84994881448     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210656     Document Type: Letter

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