Patients with stable long-standing rheumatoid arthritis continue to deteriorate despite intensified treatment with traditional disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs--results of the British Rheumatoid Outcome Study Group randomized controlled clinical trial.
OBJECTIVE: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) should start treatment early with the aim of suppressing the inflammatory process completely. It is not known if this strategy should, or can, be continued in later disease. METHODS: In a multicentre, randomized, observer-blinded, controlled trial,...
Main Authors: | Symmons, D, Tricker, K, Harrison, M, Roberts, C, Davis, M, Dawes, P, Hassell, A, Knight, S, Mulherin, D, Scott, D |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2006
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