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Sonography and subclinical synovitis.
T he approach to the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has changed substantially in recent years. Firstly, it is now common practice to introduce conventional disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) such as methotrexate, and even targeted biological therapies, within months of the onset of symptoms. One reason for this change is the growing appreciation that irreversible structural ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.015982