Combination treatment strategies in early rheumatoid arthritis.
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چکیده
Combinations of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are increasingly being used in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) when long term results with sequential DMARD monotherapy are disappointing. Combination DMARD therapy may be more effective than monotherapy, and has no additional short term adverse events. The evidence for using combination DMARD therapy is still weak, however, and further trials are needed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of the rheumatic diseases
دوره 64 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005