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Modified disease activity scores that include twenty-eight-joint counts : development and validation in a prospective longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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The Modified DAS that included 28-joint counts were able to discriminate between high and low disease activity (as indicated by clinical decisions of rheumatologists) and are as valid as disease activity scores that include more comprehensive joint counts.
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Objective. The development and validation of Modified Disease Activity Scores (DAS) that include different 28-joint counts. Methods. These scores were developed by canonical discriminant analyses and validated for criterion, correlational, and construct validity. The influence of disease duration on the composition of the DAS was also investigated. Results. No influence of disease duration was found. The Modified DAS that included 28-joint counts were able to discriminate between high and low disease activity (as indicated by clinical decisions of rheumatologists). Conclusion. The Modified DAS are as valid as disease activity scores that include more comprehensive joint counts.

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Revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis.

TL;DR: The Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases has published all of the classification criteria for the rheumatic diseases to date, and these new revised classified criteria for rheumatoid arthritis are very important as they should provide understanding of the possibly changing face of rheumatism.
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Revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis.

TL;DR: The Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases has published all of the classification criteria for rheumatic diseases to date as mentioned in this paper, and these new revised classification criteria are very important as they should provide understanding of the possibly changing face of rheumatoid arthritis.
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The American College of Rheumatology preliminary core set of disease activity measures for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. The Committee on Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials.

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