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. 1994 Sep:41:86-9.

World Health Organization and International League of Associations for Rheumatology core endpoints for symptom modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials

M Boers  1 , P Tugwell, D T Felson, P L van Riel, J R Kirwan, J P Edmonds, J S Smolen, N Khaltaev, K D Muirden
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World Health Organization and International League of Associations for Rheumatology core endpoints for symptom modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials

M Boers et al. J Rheumatol Suppl. 1994 Sep.

Abstract

The WHO/ILAR core set of endpoints for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials signifies progress in a continuing worldwide effort. This core set includes the following measures: pain, patient global assessment, physical disability, swollen joints, tender joints, acute phase reactants, and physician global assessment; in studies of one or more years' duration, radiographs of joints should be performed.

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