Change page: Patients with suspected rheumatoid arthritis should be referred early to rheumatology

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7637, 2008, Pages 215-216

  Hyrich, Kimme L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; JOINT INJURY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 38949192596     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39381.597454.AE     Document Type: Short Survey

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