Maxime Verhoeven

PART II: Monitoring disease activity in treat-to-target strategies: exploring usefulness of the HandScan. Chapter 9: Utility of the HandScan in monitoring disease activity and prediction of clinical response in rheumatoid arthritis patients: an explorative study. 169 Chapter 10: Development and validation of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity indices including HandScan (optical spectral transmission) scores. 185 Chapter 11: Classification of RA into active or inactive disease, using a modified DAS with a HandScan score replacing joint counts. 203 Chapter 12: A gender difference in HandScan scores in rheumatoid arthritis patients and controls? 215 Chapter 13: Summary and general discussion 221 Addendum Nederlandse samenvatting 234 Dankwoord 242 Curriculum vitae 245 List of publications 246 List of conference abstracts 248