ASSESSING THE ACTIVITY OF RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

被引:4
作者
BOERS, M
VANRIEL, PLCM
FELSON, DT
TUGWELL, P
机构
[1] UNIV NIJMEGEN HOSP, DEPT RHEUMATOL, 6525 GA NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
[2] BOSTON UNIV, SCH MED, CTR ARTHRIT & MUSCULOSKELETAL DIS, EPIDEMIOL RES UNIT, BOSTON, MA 02118 USA
[3] UNIV OTTAWA, GEN HOSP, DEPT MED, OTTAWA, ON NK1H 8L6, CANADA
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BAILLIERES CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY | 1995年 / 9卷 / 02期
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10.1016/S0950-3579(05)80192-X
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis is not easily measured. The validityof current measures has been reviewed. Recent international efforts have resulted in consensus over a minimum (WHO/ILAR) core set of endpoints in RA trials: pain, patient and physician (assessor) global assessment, physical disability, swollen joint count, tender joint count, acute phase reactants; and for studies of one or more years' duration: radiographs of joints. The near future will hopefully see validation of new measures, also in terrains not currently covered by the core set. © 1995 Baillière Tindall.
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