Background The aim of the present study was to evaluate the accuracy of two approaches
using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or combined ultrasonography (US) and anti-cyclic …

Objective The 2010 New American College of Rheumatology/European League Against
Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was raised to identify …

QUADAS is a quality assessment tool for use in systematic reviews of diagnostic test
accuracy (DTA) studies that we developed in 2003 (Table 1).(1) The steps we employed to …

Objective Interrater variability limits rheumatologic opinion as a reference standard for early
inflammatory arthritis (IA) classification. The study objectives were to determine whether …

Background/Objectives: The presence of bony erosions in patients with RA is a marker of
disease severity and once present they are largely irreversible. Previous studies have …

Introducción: Se han investigado y descrito numerosos tipos de artritis con el fin de
clasificarlos en artritis no inflamatoria (osteoartritis) y artritis inflamatoria causada por …

Zusammenfassung Neue Klassifikationskriterien der rheumatoiden Arthritis (RA) des
„American College of Rheumatology”(ACR) sowie der „European League Against …

Context.—Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies are important serologic markers for the
diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Several kinds of test reagents for automated immunoassay …

Written by a world-renowned expert in rheumatology this book serves as a refresher for GPs
and hospital doctors containing practical diagnostic and treatment advice. Reviews clinical …

Objectives To investigate the trends in clinical study on rheumatoid arthritis in all academic
fields in Korea. Methods We searched seven Korean web databases for clinical studies …