Comparison of the disease activity score and the revised EUSTAR activity index in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis patients.
OBJECTIVES: To compare the ability of the Disease Activity Score (DAS) and the Revised EUSTAR Activity Index (RAI) to detect diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) patients requiring treatment intensification in a Belgian cohort. METHODS: We retrospectively compared the widely used DAS and the recently developed RAI in a longitudinal cohort (median follow-up of 42 months) of 62 dcSSc patients, of whom 30 with a disease duration ≤3 years at inclusion. Active disease was defined by a DAS ≥3/10 or a RAI ≥2.5/10. We chose a pragmatic definition to assess disease progression, namely any... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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Clinical And Experimental Rheumatology S.A.S.
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Schlagwörter: | Belgium / Cohort Studies / Humans / Retrospective Studies / Scleroderma / Diffuse / Systemic / Severity of Illness Index |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27367608 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/258764 |