## Objective: Our previous analysis of patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis (ra) treated with prednisone or placebo revealed the following discrepancy: although a significant retardation of joint damage was observed in the prednisone group compared with the placebo group, no differences
Current use of glucocorticoids in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Germany
β Scribed by Thiele, Katja ;Buttgereit, Frank ;Huscher, Doerte ;Zink, Angela ;,
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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