Characteristics of patients with difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice.

Satoshi TakanashiYuko KanekoTsutomu Takeuchi

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)

Of the patients with RA, 10.1% were still difficult to treat in clinical practice, despite intensive treatment. Their characteristics were distinct by the reasons of D2T RA, which suggests the need for a personalized approach to D2T RA.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
clinical practice
disease activity
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systemic sclerosis
replacement therapy
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis