Should patients with recent-onset polyarthritis receive aggressive treatment?

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 475-480

  Combe, Bernard ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anti TNF agents; Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs; Drug combinations; Recent onset polyarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ETANERCEPT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 10344231442     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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