Diagnosis and therapy of rheumatoid arthritis;Diagnose und Therapie der chronischen Polyarthritis

Radiologe

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 657-662

  Leeb, B F ^a   Machold, K P ^b   Smolen, J S ^a,b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

diagnosis; drug treatment; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AURANOFIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; TENIDAP;

HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; JOINTS;

EID: 0029760585     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001170050124     Document Type: Short Survey

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