Scandinavian journal of rheumatology
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A new experimental design was developed to study the value of clinical parameters of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ten patients with classical rheumatoid arthritis were examined by five senior doctors in a department of medical rheumatology. ⋯ The variation from morning to afternoon and from day to day was negligible. It is concluded that registration of elaborated articular scores is useless in the daily routine in rheumatological departments when different doctors examine the patients.