Treating rheumatoid arthritis to target: The patient version of the international recommendations

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 891-895

  De Wit, M P T ^a   Smolen, J S ^b,c   Gossec, L ^d   Van Der Heijde, D M F M ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c HIETZING HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955794254     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.146662     Document Type: Article

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