Are we ready to change the pace of arthritis treatment? Treating pre - arthritis and very early arthritis

Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-9

  Tak, Paul P ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TIME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955651147     PISSN: 0303464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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