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This study evaluates the American Rheumatism Association criteria for remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using data gathered prospectively in 2 distinct patient groups: Americans (n = 181) and Peruvians (n = 44). The criteria were found to be highly specific in both patient groups but the sensitivity of the criteria was low in the American patients. The criteria most frequently not satisfied in the American patients with RA were subjective. Several explanations are offered: differences in disease severity, problems in using a translated questionnaire, differences in practice level among rheumatologists, but none of them fully explain the lower sensitivity of the criteria among the American patients.
G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
November 1996,
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G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
February 2000,
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G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
October 1988,
British journal of rheumatology,
G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
August 1988,
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G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
May 1982,
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G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
December 1983,
Arthritis and rheumatism,
G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
September 1982,
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G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
February 1996,
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G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
August 1993,
Ryumachi. [Rheumatism],
G S Alarcón, and
W D Blackburn, and
A Calvo, and
O Castañeda
April 1965,
The Milbank Memorial Fund quarterly,
