… to the method of Sharp/van der Heijde1. The maximum total score … as the delta Sharp/van
der Heijde score, was computed by … was defined as: Sharp/van der Heijde change score after 2 …

We studied 13 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and gold‐induced thrombocytopenia.
Platelet‐specific autoantibodies of the IgG and often also of the IgM class were detected by …

Seventy-nine patients suffering from rheumatoid factor positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
were included in this study. In each patient disease activity was assessed three times at two-…

As compared to control-groups of rheumatoid arthritis and chronic non-inflammatory low
back pain, over a hundred polyclinical patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis were …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by localized destruction of synovium, cartilage,
and bone. Loss of bone in RA is not only localized in joints but is also generalized, and the …

In this study, scores on the sexual motivation scale (which measures the tendency to
engage in sexual interaction versus the tendency to be averse to sexual interaction) were …

… the Jan van Breemen Institute, a regional network of outpatient clinics. In 1999, a letter was
sent to all 5,000 registered patients with RA in the diagnosis registry of the Jan van Breemen …

… /van der Heijde score and the three antibody tests. The non-completers had a higher median
Sharp/van der Heijde … of patients with a high Sharp/van der Heijde score at baseline, and a …

… ALMA Jansen, PhD Student; RJ van de Stadt, PhD; MHMT de Koning, Technician, Jan van
Breemen Instituut; IE van der HorstBruinsma, MD, PhD, Department of Rheumatology, VU …

Background Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are associated with increased risk
for rheumatoid arthritis. Objective To investigate the effect of the presence and levels of ACPA …