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Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: debatable problems

https://doi.org/10.14412/1995-4484-2018-805-807

Abstract

The paper discusses the issues of imperfect 1987 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the 2010 ACR/European League Against Rheumatology (EULAR) rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria and justifies the need for their correction.

About the Authors

Yu. V. Muravyev
V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology.
Russian Federation

34A, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115522.



A. S. Misiyuk
V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology.
Russian Federation
34A, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow 115522.


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Muravyev Yu.V., Misiyuk A.S. Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: debatable problems. Rheumatology Science and Practice. 2018;56(6):805-807. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14412/1995-4484-2018-805-807

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