Achieving tight control in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1729-1731

  van Hulst, Laura T C ^a   Hulscher, Marlies E J L ^a   van Riel, Piet L C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORNING STIFFNESS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIMPLIFIED DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOINTS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80053138363     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker325     Document Type: Editorial

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