High remission and low relapse with prolonged intensive DMARD therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (PRINT)
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High remission and low relapse with prolonged intensive DMARD therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (PRINT)
OBJECTIVES To determine whether prolonged intensive disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) treatment (PRINT) leads to high remission and low relapse rates in patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS In this multicenter, randomized and parallel treatment trial, 346 patients with active RA (disease activity score (28 joints) [DAS28] (erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR]) > ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000003968