A disease activity score for polymyalgia rheumatica
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A disease activity score for polymyalgia rheumatica.
OBJECTIVE To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. METHODS A PMR activity score (AS) was designed and assessed for internal and external validity in two patient cohorts: 57 international patients evaluated primarily for development of the PMR-AS at baseline, weeks 4 and 24; and for validatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.011379