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Remission of rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice: Application of the American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism 2011 remission criteria

  1. Shadi H. Shahouri1,†,
  2. Kaleb Michaud2,†,
  3. Ted R. Mikuls3,
  4. Liron Caplan4,
  5. Timothy S. Shaver1,
  6. James D. Anderson1,
  7. David N. Weidensaul1,
  8. Ruth E. Busch5,
  9. Shirley Wang1,
  10. Frederick Wolfe6,*

Article first published online: 28 OCT 2011

DOI: 10.1002/art.30524

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Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volume 63, Issue 11, pages 3204–3215, November 2011

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Shahouri, S. H., Michaud, K., Mikuls, T. R., Caplan, L., Shaver, T. S., Anderson, J. D., Weidensaul, D. N., Busch, R. E., Wang, S. and Wolfe, F. (2011), Remission of rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice: Application of the American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism 2011 remission criteria. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 63: 3204–3215. doi: 10.1002/art.30524

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  1. 1

    Arthritis and Rheumatology Clinics of Kansas and University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita

  2. 2

    University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha and National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, Kansas

  3. 3

    Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska

  4. 4

    Denver VA Medical Center and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

  5. 5

    Arthritis and Rheumatology Clinics of Kansas, Wichita and Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

  6. 6

    National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas

  1. †

    Drs. Shahouri and Michaud contributed equally to this work.

*National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, 1035 North Emporia, Suite 288, Wichita, KS 67214

  1. †

    Drs. Shahouri and Michaud contributed equally to this work.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 OCT 2011
  2. Article first published online: 28 OCT 2011
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 7 JUL 2011 12:31PM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 23 JUN 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 17 JAN 2011

Funded by

  • VA Health Services Research & Development Service
  • Arthritis Foundation New Investigator Award
  • NIH (American Recovery & Reinvestment Act grant). Grant Number: 1RC1AR058601-01)
  • VA Merit grant
  • VA Career Development Award. Grant Number: (CDA 07-221)

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