Defining remission and treatment success using the DAPSA score: response to letter by Helliwell and Coates

Affiliations

¹ 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
² Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Comment

Monika M Schoels et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Dec.

. 2015 Dec;74(12):e67.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208521. Epub 2015 Oct 22.

¹ 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
² Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

No abstract available

Keywords: Outcomes research; Psoriatic Arthritis; Treatment.

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