Treating rheumatoid arthritis to target: recommendations of an international task force.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on March 09, 2010

Authors

Josef S Smolen1, Daniel Aletaha, Johannes W J Bijlsma, Ferdinand C Breedveld, Dimitrios Boumpas, Gerd Burmester, Bernard Combe, Maurizio Cutolo, Maarten de Wit, Maxime Dougados, Paul Emery, Alan Gibofsky, Juan Jesus Gomez-Reino, Boulos Haraoui, Joachim Kalden, Edward C Keystone, Tore K Kvien, Iain McInnes, Emilio Martin-Mola, Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Monika Schoels, Désirée van der Heijde, Desirée van der Heijde, T2T Expert Committee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine 3, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna,Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna, Austria. josef.smolen@wienkav.at

Associated clinical trials:

Treat-to-target in RA: Collaboration To Improve adOption and adhereNce (TRACTION) | NCT02260778

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Different Dosages of Cortisone Compared to Placebo in Rheumatoid Arthritis (CORRA) | NCT02000336

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