Treating early rheumatoid arthritis intensively: Current UK practice does not reflect guidelines

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-106

  Garrood, Toby ^c   Shattles, Warren ^a   Scott, David L ^b  

^a EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; Drug therapy; Drug therapy, combination; Questionnaires; Rheumatoid arthritis; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MONOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STEROID THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79151478651     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1541-0     Document Type: Article

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