- ►annals.org [PDF] T Pincus, JR O'Dell, JM Kremer - Annals of internal medicine, 1999 - Am Coll Physicians The traditional “pyramid” or sequential approach to treat- ment of patients
with rheumatoid arthritis involved use of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
for months to years while seeking to avoid use of second-line antirheumatic ... Cited by 118 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
T Pincus, FC Breedveld, P Emery… - Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 1999 - clinexprheumatol.org Theodore Pincus, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and
Immunology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Prof. Ferdinand C. Breedveld, MD, Department of ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 4 versions
T Möttönen, P Hannonen, M Leirisalo-Repo, M … - The Lancet, 1999 - Elsevier 87 patients in the combination group and 91 in the single-therapy group
completed the trial. After a year, remission was achieved in 24 of 97 patients
with combination therapy, and 11 of 98 with single-drug therapy (p=0·011). ... Cited by 411 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
O Førre - Arthritis and rheumatism, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of 46 weeks of treatment with
cyclosporine (5 mg/kg/day) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS.
A 48-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study ... Cited by 42 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
JR O'Dell, CE Haire, N Erikson, W Drymalski, … - New England Journal of Medicine, 1996 - content.nejm.org Methods We enrolled 102 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and poor responses to
at least one disease-modifying drug in a two-year, double-blind, randomized
study of treatment with methotrexate alone (7.5 to 17.5 mg per week), the ... Cited by 444 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org [PDF] AC Verhoeven, M Boers, P Tugwell - Rheumatology, 1998 - Br Soc Rheumatology In a second update of a systematic review, many new developments in the combined
drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are highlighted. In early RA
patients, step-down bridge therapy that includes corticosteroids leads to ... Cited by 108 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] P Emery, M Salmon - Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 1995 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is probably the commonest potentially treatable cause
of dis- ability in the western world. It is characterised by a symmetrical
inflammatory synovitis which initially affects the metacarpal/metatarsal ... Cited by 131 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
TG Kantor - The Journal of rheumatology, 1990 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: J Rheumatol. 1990 Dec;17(12):1580-1. Order out of chaos--the primary mission
of the pyramid. Kantor TG. Publication Types: Editorial; ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - All 2 versions
T Pincus, CM Stein - Clinical and experimental rheumatology - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The randomized controlled clinical trial is the "gold standard" to evaluate
therapeutic interventions, but is more effectively applied to studies of the
short-term treatment of acute diseases than to the long-term treatment of ... Cited by 58 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
T Pincus, CM Stein, JCM Foundation, MCL … - Arthritis Care & Research - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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