RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Rheumatoid arthritis initial therapy: unanswered questions.
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 14
OP 16
VO 72
A1 James O'Dell
YR 2005
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/72/14.abstract
AB Recent changes in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are high lighted in this article,with emphasis on initial therapy in RA. Critical new concepts and developments are discussed: the importance of early treatment, increased use of combination disease modifying antirheumatic therapy as initial treatment and after failure of monotherapy, the role of the newer biological therapies, and the influence of comorbidity on morbidity and mortality.