Characterization of disease course and remission in early seropositive rheumatoid arthritis

2020-03-12 rheumatology Title + abstract only

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BackgroundTo characterize disease course and remission in a longitudinal observational study of newly diagnosed, initially treatment naive patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MethodsPatients with early untreated seropositive RA were recruited from 28 UK centres. Multiple clinical and laboratory measures were collected every 3 months for up to 18 months. Disease activity was measured using DAS28-CRP and SDAI. Logistic regression models examined clinical predictors of 6-month re...