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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Although the definition of a gout flare is well established, the state of gout flare resolution has not yet been defined. This study aimed to explore patients’ experiences and perceptions of gout flare resolution. Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 24 people with gout, guided by open‐ended questions exploring their ...
Sarah Stewart +5 more
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The Effect of Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination at Birth on Tuberculin Skin Test Reactivity
پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2013 Introduction & Objective: The World Health Organization estimates that 1.3 million Tubercu-losis cases occur in children each year. Due to the lack of sputum examination in children, the diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis is based on three criteria ...
Iraj Sedighi +2 more
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iScienceSummary: The gammaherpesviruses establish a lifelong infection, with the cellular outcome of infection intimately regulated by cell type. Myeloid cells are an early infection target characterized by diverse outcomes.
Gabrielle Vragel +13 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) was designed to evaluate multiple facets of Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits in youths. However, no study has examined the factor structure and psychometrical properties of the ICU in Chinese detained ...
Xintong Zhang +11 more
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A note on the identifiability of certain latent class models [PDF]
Wiering (2005, Statistics and Probability Letters, 75, 211-218) provides conditions for the identifiability of a class of latent models. Here we derive an alternative more general method of proving this result, which is based on standard identi ...
Cole, Diana J.
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, 2017 Class Proportions and Class-Specific Probabilities from Seven-Latent-Class Model of Chronic Conditions.
Charlotte Glümer (3617507) +4 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) significantly impacts employment capacity. This study aimed to investigate the impact of burden of disease activity, damage, and treatment on employment outcomes and transitions in patients with SLE. Methods Using data from a single center, we analyzed employment transitions, adjusted mean disease activity ...
Javier Mencia‐Ledo +4 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) serve as indicators of access, quality, and performance of the health system. This study aimed to determine rheumatoid arthritis (RA)‐specific ACSCs for use in the evaluation of care system access and quality.
Kara Irwin +7 more
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Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis: Can we do better?
Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2009 Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is often diagnosed by the tuberculin skin test (TST). The latter has several limitations with regard to its sensitivity and specificity.
Al-Orainey Ibrahim
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective We describe the frequency, risk factors, severity, and management of actionable and serious adverse events (AAE and SAE) in children with newly diagnosed Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in Canada. Methods We enrolled patients within 3 months of JIA diagnosis in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry,
Bashayer Alnuaimi +10 more
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