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

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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.30, no.1, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 30 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2012
Journal Name: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

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.