The Detection of Rheumatic Disease through Hospital Diagnoses with Examples of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Giant Cell Arteritis: What Are We Missing?

CONCLUSION: Coding for RA or GCA during hospitalizations was often missed. Research using hospital diagnoses alone could be biased. PMID: 26233503 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26233503?dopt=Abstract

Source: J Rheumatol - August 1, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Michet CJ, Crowson CS, Achenbach SJ, Matteson EL Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research

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