Early rheumatoid arthritis: The performance of the 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria for diagnosing RA

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 451-466

  Mjaavatten, Maria D ^a   Bykerk, Vivian P ^b  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Criteria; Early diagnosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 85027926338     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2013.09.001     Document Type: Review

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