A randomized clinical trial of in-patient multidisciplinary treatment versus routine out-patient care in active rheumatoid arthritis

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 475-482

  Vliet Vlieland, T P M ^a   Zwinderman, A H ^a   Vandenbroucke, J P ^a   Breedveld, F C ^a   Hazes, J M W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Multidisciplinary treatment; Outcome; Rehabilitation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029973309     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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