PReS13-SPK-1332: Assessment of disease activity and damage in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
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PReS13-SPK-1332: Assessment of disease activity and damage in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
A vast array of instruments are available for measuring disease activity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). However, due to the high variability in the clinical presentation and course of JIA, no single measure can reliably capture disease activity in all patients. On the other hand, assessment of all measures individually may cause methodological and statistical problems, especially when ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Rheumatology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-11-s2-i21