How do symptoms of each joint contribute to global pain, disease activity and functional disability in rheumatoid arthritis?-A comprehensive association study using a large cohort.

<h4>Background</h4>Established assessment tools for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including disease activity scores (DASs), disease activity indexes (DAIs), visual analog scales (VASs), and health assessment questionnaires (HAQs), are widely used. However, comparative associat...

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Main Authors: Akio Umemoto, Hiromu Ito, Masayuki Azukizawa, Koichi Murata, Masao Tanaka, Takayuki Fujii, Akira Onishi, Hideo Onizawa, Shinichiro Ishie, Akinori Murakami, Kohei Nishitani, Kosaku Murakami, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Motomu Hashimoto, Akio Morinobu, Shuichi Matsuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285227