Comparison of characteristics and therapeutic efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated by rheumatologists and those treated by orthopedic surgeons under a team medicine approach at the same institute

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-215

  Momohara, Shigeki ^a   Inoue, Eisuke ^a   Ikari, Katsunori ^a   Yano, Koichiro ^a   Tokita, Asami ^a   Honjo, Yurino ^a   Sakuma, Yu ^a   Hiroshima, Ryo ^a   Iwamoto, Takuji ^a   Seto, Yohei ^a   Tanaka, Eiichi ^a   Taniguchi, Atsuo ^a   Yamanaka, Hisashi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health assessment questionnaire (HAQ); Orthopedist; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatologist

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; JOINT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861481130     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-011-0495-7     Document Type: Article

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