Effective rheumatoid arthritis treatment requires comprehensive management strategies
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Effective rheumatoid arthritis treatment requires comprehensive management strategies
Work by Lee and colleagues has shown that decreased sleep quality and increased psychiatric distress increase pain sensitivity at both articular and nonarticular sites in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. This work is consistent with prior studies showing that factors independent of RA disease activity can influence RA outcome measures. Owing to increasing pressure on rheumatologists to use o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis Research & Therapy
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1478-6354
DOI: 10.1186/ar2872