Journal article
How accurate are diagnoses for rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the general practice research database?
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OBJECTIVE: To identify characteristics that predict a valid rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) diagnosis among RA- and JIA-coded individuals in the General Practice Research Database (GPRD), and to assess limitations of this type of diagnostic validation. METHODS: Four RA and 2 JIA diagnostic groups were created with differing strengths of evidence of RA/JIA (Group 1 = strongest evidence), based on RA/JIA medical codes. Individuals were sampled from each group an...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Arthritis and rheumatism
- Volume:
- 59
- Issue:
- 9
- Pages:
- 1314-1321
- Publication date:
- 2008-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1529-0131
- ISSN:
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0004-3591
- Source identifiers:
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126079
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:126079
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- pubs:126079
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- Copyright date:
- 2008
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