Time-independent disease state identification defines distinct trajectories determined by localised vs systemic inflammation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

Published in Ann Rheum Dis, 2025

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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) display different trajectories towards improvement of disease. We aimed to disentangle the heterogeneity of RA disease trajectories from the first clinical visit onwards using graph-based pseudotime analysis.

Recommended citation: Steinz N, Maarseveen TD, van den Akker EB, Cope AP, Isaacs JD, Winkler AR, Huizinga TWJ, Abraham Y, Knevel R. (2025) "Time-independent disease state identification defines distinct trajectories determined by localised vs systemic inflammation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis" Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Aug;84(8):1301-1312. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.04.011. Epub 2025 May 9.

Recommended citation: Steinz N, Maarseveen TD, van den Akker EB, Cope AP, Isaacs JD, Winkler AR, Huizinga TWJ, Abraham Y, Knevel R. (2025) "Time-independent disease state identification defines distinct trajectories determined by localised vs systemic inflammation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis" Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Aug;84(8):1301-1312. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.04.011. Epub 2025 May 9.
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