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Management of early rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disorder of unknown aetiology characterised by symmetrical polyarthritis of the small and large joints. The cardinal history features of active RA are: • pain • early morning stiffness (lasting more than 30 min) • joint swelling • limitation of function. Additional features include malaise and fatigue. Chronic synovitis, with its attendant syno...
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involvement, and a whole host of rather rare arthritic conditions, some of which are still not fully characterized. There does appear to be a much bigger diagnostic problem than was apparent some years ago, and this may be important both as regards treatment and prognosis. Rheumatoid arthritis can be briefly defined as a chronic inflam-matory polyarthritis affecting mainly the peripheral joints...
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The prognosis for the patient with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has dramatically changed over the last two decades. If a patient is diagnosed and treated early by a rheumatologist with the goal of remission or low disease activity, half of patients can expect to achieve remission while taking their disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. This article discusses the initial therapy in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5735.602