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Arthritis & Rheumatology

2 abstracts

Abstract
A COMPOSITE INDEX OF PHYSICAL FUNCTION, PAIN, PATIENT GLOBAL AND JOINT COUNT, RAPID4 (ROUTINE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT INDEX DATA): VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL RESULTS WITH A PATIENT SELF-REPORT OR PHYSICIAN/ASSESSOR JOINT COUNT OR NO JOINT COUNT IN RAPID3
Org: Medicine and Frontier Science Center of Disease Molecular Network, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Arthritis & Rheumatology, Taylor Hospital,
Abstract
AN INDEX WITHOUT FORMAL JOINT COUNTS, ROUTINE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT INDEX DATA (RAPID3), TO HELP GUIDE TIGHT CONTROL OF RA IN STANDARD CARE: MOST PATIENTS WHO MEET DAS OR CDAI REMISSION OR HIGH ACTIVITY CRITERIA MEET IDENTICAL PRELIMINARY RAPID CRITERIA
Org: Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Rheumatology, Society of Patients with Rheumatism, Cracow, Poland, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York,