Limited efficacy of conventional DMARDs after initial methotrexate failure in patients with recent onset rheumatoid arthritis treated according to the disease activity score

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1356-1362

  Van Der Kooij, Sjoerd M ^a   De Vries Bouwstra, Jeska K ^b   Goekoop Ruiterman, Yvonne P M ^a   Van Zeben, Derkjen ^c   Kerstens, Pit J S M ^d   Gerards, Andreas H ^e   Van Groenendael, Johannes H L M ^f   Hazes, Johanna M W ^g   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a   Allaart, Cornelia F ^a   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e Vlietland Hospital   (Netherlands)

^f Franciscus Hospital   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUROTHIOMALATE; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ISOXAZOLES; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; SULFASALAZINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848839947     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.066662     Document Type: Article

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