Is remission in rheumatoid arthritis associated with radiographic healing?

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6 SUPPL. 43, 2006, Pages

  Rau, Rolf ^a  

^a Evangelisches Fachkrankenhaus Ratingen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Healing; Radiographs; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AURANOFIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GOLD; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

BONE EROSION; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT EXAMINATION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT SWELLING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750716883     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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