Statistical approach to indices of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis.
Annals of the Rheumatic DiseasesPublished 1 November 1971Open access
Ross McGuire, V Wright
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A double-blind cross-over trial of indomethacin in 24 patients with rheumatoid arthritis was set up in such a way that the Lansbury Systemic Index could be evaluated and the place of other indices determined.
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NeuroscienceBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
PubMedDIAGNOSTIC criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: 1958 revision by a committee of the American Rheumatism Association.
343 Citations1959A COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN RHEUMATISM ASSOCIATION
In the revised criteria, patients with a high concentration of lupus erythematosus cells (as in Exclusion 2) are still to be excluded from the rheumatoid categories, but are to be listed separately and discussed simultaneously with r heumatoid patients if they satisfy the present criteria and exclusions in every respect.