A quantitative approach to early rheumatoid arthritis.
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The prognosis of patients with recent onset arthritis may vary from self-limiting disease to severe destructive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In order to improve outcomes, a great deal of effort has been put into applying a diagnosis that will allow rapid initiation of treatment. The diagnosis of undifferentiated arthritis (UA) for these patients as well as the new ACR-EULAR 2010 criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are reviewed in the context of pathogenetic and clinical data available from this group of patients.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of the NYU hospital for joint diseases
دوره 69 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011