Retardation of joint damage in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis by initial aggressive treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: Five-year experience from the FIN-RACo study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2072-2081

  Korpela, Markku ^a   Laasonen, Leena ^b   Hannonen, Pekka ^c   Kautiainen, Hannu ^d   Leirisalo Repo, Marjatta ^b   Hakala, Markku ^d,e   Paimela, Leena ^f   Blåfield, Harri ^g   Puolakka, Kari ^h   Möttönen, Timo ⁱ  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f Orton Hospital   (Finland)

^g SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h Lappeenranta Central Hospital   (Finland)

ⁱ TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AURANOFIN; AUROTHIOMALATE; AZATHIOPRINE; CPH 82; CYCLOSPORIN A; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTICEMIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 3142668362     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20351     Document Type: Article

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