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Validity and Reliability Problems with Patient Global as a Component of the ACR/EULAR Remission Criteria as Used in Clinical Practice

KARIM R. MASRI, TIMOTHY S. SHAVER, SHADI H. SHAHOURI, SHIRLEY WANG, JAMES D. ANDERSON, RUTH E. BUSCH, KALEB MICHAUD, TED R. MIKULS, LIRON CAPLAN and FREDERICK WOLFE
The Journal of Rheumatology June 2012, 39 (6) 1139-1145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.111543
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