Performance of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score and Disease Extent Index in childhood vasculitides

Demirkaya, E.; Ozen, S.; Pistorio, A.; Galasso, R.; Ravelli, A.; Hasija, R.; Baskin, E.; Dressler, F.; Fischbach, M.; Garcia Consuegra, J.; Iagaru, N.; Pasic, S.; Scarpato, S.; van Rossum, M.; Apaz, M.; Barash, J.; Calcagno, G.; Gonzalez, B.; Hoppenreijs, E.; Ioseliani, M.; Mazur-Zielinska, H.; Vougiouka, O.; Wulffraat, N.; Luqmani, R.; Martini, A.; Ruperto, N.; Dolezalova, P.

Performance of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score and Disease Extent Index in childhood vasculitides

Demirkaya E., Ozen S., Pistorio A., Galasso R., Ravelli A., Hasija R., ...More

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.30, no.1, 2012 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 30 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2012
Title of Journal : CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Abstract

Objectives. To evaluate the performance of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) v3 and the Disease Extent Index (DEI) for the assessment of disease activity in 4 primary childhood (c-) systemic vasculitides.