PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - BOULOS HARAOUI
TI  - Assessment and Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.090124
DP  - 2009 Jun 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 2--10
VI  - 82
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/82/2.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/82/2.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2009 Jun 01; 82
AB  - The goal of treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to achieve remission, or at least a low disease activity state. A variety of useful and practical tools are available to rheumatologists to assess patient prognosis and evaluate response to treatment in clinical practice. Frequent assessments, ideally every 1 to 3 months, allow rheumatologists to adjust therapy according to patient outcomes. For patients who fail to respond to treatment with classic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs, combination therapies with biologic agents offer improved outcomes.