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DAS28-CRP and DAS28-ESR cut-offs for high disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis are not interchan...

DAS28-CRP and DAS28-ESR cut-offs for high disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis are not interchan...

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DAS28-CRP and DAS28-ESR cut-offs for high disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis are not interchangeable

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DAS28-CRP and DAS28-ESR cut-offs for high disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis are not interchangeable

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England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD

Journal title

Rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases open, 2017-01, Vol.3 (1), p.e000382-e000382

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English

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England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD

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BackgroundIn most patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Disease Activity Score 28-joint count C reactive protein (DAS28-CRP) is lower than DAS28 erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR), suggesting that use of the DAS28-ESR cut-off to assess high disease activity (HDA) with DAS28-CRP may underestimate the number of patients with HDA. We determ...

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DAS28-CRP and DAS28-ESR cut-offs for high disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis are not interchangeable

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5294021

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5294021

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2056-5933

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2056-5933

DOI

10.1136/rmdopen-2016-000382

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