Sentence examples for minimum disease duration from inspiring English sources

Individuals (n = 872) enrolled in the study all fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology criteria for RA, had a minimum disease duration of 3 years, and at least one definite radiographic erosion was present in hands or feet.

Patients with a relapse-free disease course since the first onset of GPA and a minimum disease duration of 48 months, were defined as being in stable long-term remission (n = 13).

Patients with a minimum disease duration of 48 months and at least one relapse within the first 48 months since diagnosis of GPA were defined as relapsers (n = 19).

All subjects were white Caucasian, fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology criteria for RA [ 11], had a minimum disease duration of 3 years, and had at least one definite radiographic erosion in hands or feet.

This conflicting finding could be due to differences in study design; our study is composed of a cross-sectional cohort with minimum disease duration of 3 years, whereas Prots and colleagues [ 7] conducted a prospective study with a follow up of 2 years.

Investigations included normal structural imaging, normal motor and sensory nerve conduction studies, normal somatosensory-evoked potentials (not performed in patients with progressive muscular atrophy), normal CSF (oligoclonal bands) and a minimum disease duration of 3 years without either clinical or neurophysiological evidence of anterior horn cell disease.

25 Based on these data, it is likely that few PAH patients were missed in DETECT as a result of the required minimum SSc disease duration, and that this criterion contributed to selection of a high-risk population.

The maximum disease duration was 2 years.

The EDSS median was 4.75 (minimum 1.00, maximum 8.00), and the median disease duration was 9.86 years (minimum 0, maximum 31).

Chronic RA was defined as any patient meeting the criteria for RA whose disease duration was a minimum of 6 months since diagnosis.

New-onset RA was defined as disease duration of a minimum of 6 weeks and up to 6 months since diagnosis, and absence of any treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), biologic therapy or steroids (ever).