Three groups in the 28 joints for rheumatoid arthritis synovitis--analysis using more than 17,000 assessments in the KURAMA database.

Three groups in the 28 joints for rheumatoid arthritis synovitis--analysis using more than 17,000 assessments in the KURAMA database.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a joint-destructive autoimmune disease. Three composite indices evaluating the same 28 joints are commonly used for the evaluation of RA activity. However, the relationship between, and the frequency of, the joint involvements are still not fully understood. Here, we obt...

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Main Authors: Chikashi Terao, Motomu Hashimoto, Keiichi Yamamoto, Kosaku Murakami, Koichiro Ohmura, Ran Nakashima, Noriyuki Yamakawa, Hajime Yoshifuji, Naoichiro Yukawa, Daisuke Kawabata, Takashi Usui, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Moritoshi Furu, Ryo Yamada, Fumihiko Matsuda, Hiromu Ito, Takao Fujii, Tsuneyo Mimori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3595245?pdf=render

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