Guidelines for drug monitoring in rheumatic diseases - A German perspective

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Schneider, Matthias ^a   Sangha, Oliver ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease modifying antirheumatic drug; Drug monitoring; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG COST; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG UTILIZATION; GERMANY; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030946242     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-199704000-00004     Document Type: Article

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