title: [Diagnostics].
abstract: The round-table group "diagnostic" discussed the laboratory-based diagnosis of rheumatic diseases under the following three main questions: "What is necessary?"; "What is possible?" and "What has been achieved?".
authors.affiliation: Rheumaklinik Aachen, Burtscheider, Markt 24, 52066 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Genth
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kuipers
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*