Advances in therapy mean a state of remission is increasingly an achievable goal in rheumatoid arthritis. However, using remission as a target of treatment begs the question of how this state should be defined. The fruits of a transcontinental collaboration have brought a uniform definition a step closer.
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Bykerk, V. 2011 remission criteria are a new benchmark for RA therapy. Nat Rev Rheumatol 7, 317–318 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2011.63
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