Early referral, diagnosis, and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Evidence for changing medical practice

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 510-513

  Irvine, S ^a   Munro, R ^a   Porter, D ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EROSION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032808493     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.8.510     Document Type: Article

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