Arthritis Research & Therapy

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Open Access Research article

The prognostic value of baseline erosions in undifferentiated arthritis

Mohamed M Thabet1,2*, Thomas WJ Huizinga1, Désirée M van der Heijde1 and Annette HM van der Helm-van Mil1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Leiden, PO Box 9600, 2300RC, The Netherlands

2 Department of Internal Medicine, Assiut University Hospital, University Street 1, Assiut, P.O. Box 71515, Egypt

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11:R155 doi:10.1186/ar2832

Published: 15 October 2009

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Additional file 1:

A Word file containing a table that lists the predictive values for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development (within one year of follow up) in undifferentiated arthritis (UA) patients that scored six to eight in the Leiden prediction rule with different cut-off values for erosions.

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