Published in Health and Medicine Week, June 20th, 2005
"Trials of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) enroll active rheumatoid arthritis patients identified using standard criteria (three out of four of: {{>=}}6 tender joints, {{>=}}6 swollen joints, ESR {{>=}}28 mm/h, {{>=}}45 min morning stiffness)," rheumatologists in England explained.
"Concern has been expressed about generalizability, as many patients in routine practice have less active disease," noted G.H. Kingsley and colleagues at the University of London. "Furthermore, these criteria do not map onto standard...
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