Patients' views about treatment with combination therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A comparative qualitative study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lempp, Heidi ^a   Hofmann, Darija ^a   Hatch, Stephani L ^b   Scott, David L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combination treatment; Qualitative study; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867549598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-200     Document Type: Article

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