Clinical expertise and its accuracy in differentiating arthralgia patients at risk for rheumatoid arthritis from other patients presenting with joint symptoms

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Jun;55(6):1140-1. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev431. Epub 2016 Jan 7.

Authors

Hanna W van Steenbergen¹, Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
² Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands avdhelm@lumc.nl.

PMID: 26742783
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev431

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Arthralgia / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnosis*
Autoantibodies / blood
Biomarkers / blood
Clinical Competence
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Early Diagnosis
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Prodromal Symptoms

Substances

Autoantibodies
Biomarkers