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Prognosis in the Rheumatic Diseases pp 451–492Cite as

New concepts in prognosis of rheumatic diseases for the 1990s

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Prognosis in rheumatic diseases remains uncertain in individual patients, as is the case in all diseases. However, the capacity to estimate prognosis in rheumatic diseases has advanced considerably during the 1980s, perhaps as much as in the three previous decades together, particularly in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). New concepts in prognosis provide a basis toward further understanding of RA in the 1990s, to advance management of this important chronic disease.

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    Nicholas Bellamy MD, MSc, FRCP(Glas), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(C), FACP (Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Director) (Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Director)

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    Nicholas Bellamy MD, MSc, FRCP(Glas), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(C), FACP (Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Director) (Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Director)

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Pincus, T. (1991). New concepts in prognosis of rheumatic diseases for the 1990s. In: Bellamy, N. (eds) Prognosis in the Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3896-3_19

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