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Self-reporting instruments in rheumatoid arthritis

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boxed-textKievit W et al. (2006) Comment on the use of self-reporting instruments to assess patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the longitudinal association between the DAS28 and the VAS general health. Arthritis Rheum 55: 745–750

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