Yuri Shirahama, Ayako Kokuzawa, Yusuke Yamauchi, Yohei Kirino, Hideto Nagai, Yasushi Inoue, Toshiyuki Ota, Yutaka Chifu, Hiroki Mitoma, Mitsuteru Akahoshi, Mariko Sakai, Akihito Maruyama, Akihide Ohta, Masahiro Iwamoto, Yoshifumi Tada
OBJECTIVES: To define groups and characterize differences in the prognosis of patients with adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD). METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study. Patients with AOSD were grouped using hierarchical unsupervised cluster analysis according to age, sex, clinical features, and laboratory data. The primary endpoints were overall survival and drug-free remission rate. RESULTS: A total of 153 patients with AOSD were placed into four clusters...
March 6, 2024: Modern Rheumatology