... treatment in the inflammatory rheumatic diseasesnowadays has become reaching and sustaining remission.Clinical remission, meaning absence of clinically visibledisease manifestations, including the ... Heijde D, Bellamy N, Calin A, Dougados M, Khan MA, vander Linden S: Assessments in Ankylosing Spondylitis WorkingGroup. Preliminary core sets for endpoints in ankylosingspondylitis. J Rheumatol ... Relativerisks are easy to combine in meta-analyses.DeathMortality in RA was explored initially in 1953 and since thennumerous other studies have investigated mortality amongpatients with...