A quantitative approach to early rheumatoid arthritis.
The prognosis of patients with recent onset arthritis may vary from self-limiting disease to severe destructive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In order to improve outcomes, a great deal of effort has been put into applying a diagnosis that will allow rapid initiation of treatment. The diagnosis of undifferentiated arthritis (UA) for these patients as well as the new ACR-EULAR 2010 criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are reviewed in the context of pathogenetic and clinical data available from this group of patients.
Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. T.W.J.Huizinga@lumc.nl
Tom W J
TW
Huizinga
Annette
A
van der Helm-van Mil
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012074:Remission Induction; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D013997:Time Factors