Remission in early rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1444-1453

  Ma, Margaret H Y ^a   Scott, Ian C ^b   Kingsley, Gabrielle H ^a,b   Scott, David L ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs; Randomized controlled trial; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AUROTHIOMALATE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77954440280     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091131     Document Type: Review

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