Early rheumatoid arthritis: Combination therapy with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and low-dose glucocorticoids?

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 182-183

  Kirwan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs; Early rheumatoid arthritis; Prednisolone; Remission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ARTHROPATHY; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; OPEN STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645722218     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0162     Document Type: Short Survey

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