Why are Dutch rheumatologists reluctant to use the COBRA treatment strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 974-976

  Van Tuyl, Lilian H D ^a   Plass, Anne Marie C ^a   Lems, Willem F ^a   Voskuyl, Alexandre E ^a   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^a   Boers, Maarten ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; NETHERLANDS; PREDNISOLONE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SULFASALAZINE;

EID: 34347225097     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.067447     Document Type: Article

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