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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
PW02-023 - Qualitative aspects of autoinflammatory diseases
Authors:
D Konukbay, D Yildiz, C Acikel, D Karaman, B Eren-Fidanci, Y Bilginer, I Koné-Paut, J Frenkel, M Gattorno, S Ozen, E Demirkaya, FMF Arthritis Vasculitis and Orphan disease Research in Pediatric Rheumatology (FAVOR)
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Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
In pediatric rheumatology, the lack of scales showing activities of illness in the patients groups, the absence of biomarkers for the severity of damage led the scientific world to develop a scale where the patient can make an self-assessment with quantitative results. So, a necessity has been occurred to develop a multidimensional scale which is understandable, applicable and comprehensive in the evaluation of children with auto-inflammatory diseases. …