Connection between Radiographic Progression and Patient Related Outcomes
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Nuclear Medicine & Radiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 230
Special Issue Editor
2. Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Interests: rheumatoid arthritis; treat to target; biological DMARDs; synthetical DMARDs
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the joints. In general, joint inflammation leads to joint destruction, and, subsequently, to disability. All of the drugs registered for treatment of RA over the last two decades have been to significantly inhibit both inflammation and destruction.
Disability can be assessed with specifically designed patient-reported outcomes, such as HAQ-DI and SF36. However, there are data supporting the notion that the HAQ-DI can be understood as a score driven in part by disease activity, and in part by joint destruction. Therefore, the direct connection between joint destruction and disability has not been conclusively established.
The aim of this Special Issue is to analyze and illustrate the connection and interaction between these factors with respect to disease activity.
Dr. Rüdiger Müller
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Joint destruction/progression
- Patient-related outcomes
- Connection
