Impact of shoulder, elbow, and knee joint involvement on assessment of rheumatoid arthritis using the American College of Rheumatology Core Data Set

Eiichi Tanaka, Akira Saitō, Shigeo Kamitsuji, Toru Yamada, Ayako Nakajima, Atsuo Taniguchi, Masako Hara, Taisuke Tomatsu, Hisashi Yamanaka, Naoyuki Kamatani

Arthritis Care & Research · 2005 · 68 citations · 20 references

Abstract

Scoring for assessment of RA disease activity would be more sensitive if separate joints such as the shoulder, elbow, knee, wrist, and ankle joints were weighted differently.

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