Mechanisms, impact and management of pain in rheumatoid arthritis

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 581-592

  Walsh, David A ^a   McWilliams, Daniel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; IBUPROFEN; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEFOPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TOCILIZUMAB; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAS28; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATS;

EID: 84921742544     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2014.64     Document Type: Review

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