“Living a normal life”: a qualitative study of patients’ views of medication withdrawal in rheumatoid arthritis
Abstract Background Withdrawal of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) once disease remission is achieved is endorsed by current international rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management guidelines. However, very little data exists concerning patients’ views of this practice. In this qualitative...
Main Authors: | Kenneth F. Baker, John D. Isaacs, Ben Thompson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Rheumatology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41927-019-0070-y |
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