Longterm combination therapy of refractory and destructive rheumatoid arthritis with methotrexate (MTX) and intramuscular gold or other disease modifying antirheumatic drugs compared to MTX monotherapy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1485-1492

  Rau, Rolf ^a   Schleusser, Barbara ^a   Herborn, Gertraud ^a   Karger, Thomas ^a  

^a Evangelisches Fachkrankenhaus R ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Combination therapy; Gold sodium thiomalate; Longterm treatment; Methotrexate; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLOROQUINE; GOLD; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEROLOGY; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031881089     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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