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New therapeutics in rheumatoid arthritis.

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Savage, C; St Clair, EW
Published in: Rheum Dis Clin North Am
February 2006

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic disorder characterized predominately by a chronic inflammatory polyarthritis, with frequent progression to joint destruction and disability. Radiographic joint damage develops in as many as 75% of patients within the first 2 years of disease. For this reason, current RA treatment approaches have focused on early intensive therapy with multiple disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. The approval of new drugs for this indication has expanded the number of therapeutic options that can potentially allow for tight control of the inflammatory process.

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Rheum Dis Clin North Am

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ISSN

0889-857X

Publication Date

February 2006

Volume

32

Issue

1

Start / End Page

57 / viii

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Humans
  • Cytokines
  • Bone Density Conservation Agents
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Savage, C., & St Clair, E. W. (2006). New therapeutics in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am, 32(1), 57–viii. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rdc.2005.10.004
Savage, Christine, and E William St Clair. “New therapeutics in rheumatoid arthritis.Rheum Dis Clin North Am 32, no. 1 (February 2006): 57–viii. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rdc.2005.10.004.
Savage C, St Clair EW. New therapeutics in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2006 Feb;32(1):57–viii.
Savage, Christine, and E. William St Clair. “New therapeutics in rheumatoid arthritis.Rheum Dis Clin North Am, vol. 32, no. 1, Feb. 2006, pp. 57–viii. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.rdc.2005.10.004.
Savage C, St Clair EW. New therapeutics in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2006 Feb;32(1):57–viii.
Journal cover image

Published In

Rheum Dis Clin North Am

DOI

ISSN

0889-857X

Publication Date

February 2006

Volume

32

Issue

1

Start / End Page

57 / viii

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Humans
  • Cytokines
  • Bone Density Conservation Agents
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences