Evaluation of disease activity in a population of Russian JIA patients
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Methods During 3-moths cross-sectional study in 30 centers of RUS the data of 1099 consecutive patients were collected. The following key determinants of disease activity were examined: numbers of tender, swollen joints; number of active joint and joints with patient assessment of pain and global health scores (VAS); ESR; DAS 28; JADAS-71, PhGloVAS. Relationship between studied variables was investigated using of a nonparametric method of Spearman’s correlation analysis.
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