Abstract:BackgroundTreat-to-target (T2T) is recommended and a widely accepted management strategy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which aims for remission or low disease activity. Disease activity is valuated by some composite measures which includes patient's and physician's global assessment, finding of joints and C reactive protein (CRP) etc. Patient's global assessment (PGA) is often the limiting factor for achieving remission. It remains unclear what is the factor contributing to elevation of PGA when finding of 28… Show more
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