Combination therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis: A randomised, controlled, double blind 52 week clinical trial of sulphasalazine and methotrexate compared with the single components

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 220-225

  Dougados, Maxime ^a   Combe, Bernard ^b   Cantagrel, Alain ^c   Goupille, Philippe ^d   Olive, Patrick ^b   Schattenkirchner, Manfred ^e   Meusser, S ^f   Paimela, L ^g   Rau, Rolf ^h   Zeidler, Henning ⁱ   Leirisalo Repo, Marjatta ^j   Peldan, Kristiina ^k  

^a Université Paris Descartes   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^d SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^g Kivela Hospital   (Finland)

^h Evangelisches Fach krankenhaus Ratingen   (Germany)

ⁱ HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^k JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR LOSS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0032957015     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.4.220     Document Type: Article

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