A patient-reported questionnaire developed in a German early arthritis cohort to assess periodontitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to develop a patient-reported questionnaire that is suitable to detect periodontitis (PD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A self-reported questionnaire containing 12 items potentially relevant to PD and dentists’ semiquantitative asse...

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Main Authors: Johanna Callhoff, Thomas Dietrich, Mariya Chubrieva, Jens Klotsche, Angela Zink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-019-1982-z