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Further evaluation of inflammatory and non-inflammatory aspects of pain in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
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Jansen N, Ten Klooster PM, Vonkeman HE, van den Berg B, Buitenweg JRAbstract
A high discrepancy between the number of tender and swollen joints (e.g. ΔTSJ ≥ 7) has previously been used as an indication for the presence of changes in central mechanisms in patients with moderate-to-high disease activity. In this study, we explored whether the ΔTSJ can also be used to obtain insights into the underlying pain mechanisms in patients with on average well-controlled disease activity.