Subtle changes in individual joints result in both positive and negative change scores in a patient: Results from a clinical trial in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1691-1695

  Lukas, C ^a   Landewe R ^b   Fatenejad, S ^c   Van Der Heijde, D ^d  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TNFR FC FUSION PROTEIN; TNFR-FC FUSION PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COMBINATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHOTREXATE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449727071     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.097816     Document Type: Article

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