Drug consumption in the first years of rheumatoid arthritis in France, the Netherlands, and Norway: A longitudinal study in the early nineties

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 352-357

  Ludig, A ^a   Guillemin, F ^a   Chary Valckenaere, I ^a   Suurmeijer, T P B M ^a   Moum, T ^a   Van den Heuvel, W J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Consumption; Drugs; Rheumatoid arthritis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GOLD; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FRANCE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY;

EID: 0034539282     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097400447543     Document Type: Article

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