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Declining needs for total joint replacements for rheumatoid arthritis

This millennium brings new views to rheumatology. Total joint replacement surgery is needed less often as active treatment strategies combined with availability of new medications has led to more effective rheumatoid arthritis control. This was beautifully shown in a recent issue of Arthritis Resear...

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Autores principales: Khan, Nasim A, Sokka, Tuulikki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3308092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22040689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar3478
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description This millennium brings new views to rheumatology. Total joint replacement surgery is needed less often as active treatment strategies combined with availability of new medications has led to more effective rheumatoid arthritis control. This was beautifully shown in a recent issue of Arthritis Research & Therapy by a Swedish study that uses data from national registers and compares incidence rates for total hip and knee arthroplasties before and after the establishment of biologic agents use for rheumatoid arthritis
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spelling pubmed-33080922012-04-19 Declining needs for total joint replacements for rheumatoid arthritis Khan, Nasim A Sokka, Tuulikki Arthritis Res Ther Editorial This millennium brings new views to rheumatology. Total joint replacement surgery is needed less often as active treatment strategies combined with availability of new medications has led to more effective rheumatoid arthritis control. This was beautifully shown in a recent issue of Arthritis Research & Therapy by a Swedish study that uses data from national registers and compares incidence rates for total hip and knee arthroplasties before and after the establishment of biologic agents use for rheumatoid arthritis BioMed Central 2011 2011-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3308092/ /pubmed/22040689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar3478 Text en Copyright ©2011 BioMed Central Ltd
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