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Affiliations

¹ Veterans Administration Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
² University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
³ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
⁵ University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX.
⁶ Arthritis Centers of Texas, Dallas, TX.
⁷ Yale University New Haven, CT and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT.
⁸ University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE and FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS.

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Bryant R England et al. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 May.

. 2020 May;72(5):736-738.

doi: 10.1002/acr.24157.

¹ Veterans Administration Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
² University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
³ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
⁵ University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX.
⁶ Arthritis Centers of Texas, Dallas, TX.
⁷ Yale University New Haven, CT and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT.
⁸ University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE and FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS.

No abstract available

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2019 Update of the American College of Rheumatology Recommended Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Measures.
England BR, Tiong BK, Bergman MJ, Curtis JR, Kazi S, Mikuls TR, O'Dell JR, Ranganath VK, Limanni A, Suter LG, Michaud K. England BR, et al. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Dec;71(12):1540-1555. doi: 10.1002/acr.24042. Epub 2019 Nov 11. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019. PMID: 31709779 Free PMC article.
2019 update of the American College of Rheumatology- recommended rheumatoid arthritis disease activity measures: comment on the article by England et al.
Fleischmann R. Fleischmann R. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 May;72(5):736. doi: 10.1002/acr.24153. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020. PMID: 32004413 No abstract available.

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