## Abstract ## Objective Treatment guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) now recommend early, aggressive, and persistent use of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to prevent joint damage in all people with active inflammation, and evaluation by a rheumatologist, when possible. This
Optimal care for rheumatoid arthritis: a focus group study
✍ Scribed by Sasha Bernatsky; Debbie Feldman; Mirella De Civita; Jeannie Haggerty; Pierre Tousignant; Jean Legaré; Michel Zummer; Tim Meagher; Christopher Mill; Mark Roper; Jennifer Lee
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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