... arthritisDefinition of disease states in early arthritis: remission versus minimal disease activityAnnette HM van der Helm-van Mil, Ferdinand C Breedveld and Tom WJ HuizingaDepartment of Rheumatology, ... spontaneouslyare extremely interesting, as studying these patients in relation with risk factors might increase the understanding of the processes that are involved in remission /disease persistency. Remission ... include fatigue, jointpain, joint tenderness, joint swelling, duration of morningstiffness, joint swelling, and ESR [21]. The EULAR responsecriteria use an index of disease activity (the disease...