Abstract:
:In the last decade, treatment strategies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have included the early use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, since prompt suppression of disease activity is associated with a reduction in radiological damage. This strategy has now been incorporated into the broader concept of "tight control", defined as a treatment strategy tailored to each patient with RA, which aims to achieve a predefined level of low disease activity or remission within a certain period of time. To pursue this goal, tight control should include careful and continuous monitoring of disease activity, and early therapeutic adjustments or switches should be considered as necessary. It is noteworthy that the key role of tight control of RA has been stressed by the recent EULAR Guidelines. This review discusses the most recent evidence concerning the role of a tight control strategy in the treatment of RA, and on how this strategy should be pursued.
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Autoimmun Revjournal_title
Autoimmunity reviewsauthors
Epis OM,Giacomelli L,Deidda S,Bruschi Edoi
10.1016/j.autrev.2012.11.010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-06-01 00:00:00pages
839-41issue
8eissn
1568-9972issn
1873-0183pii
S1568-9972(12)00289-3journal_volume
12pub_type
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2004.10.007
更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2006.09.011
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2014.04.006
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2009.01.017
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2014.10.008
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2009.10.001
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2012.12.005
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Autoimmunity reviews
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更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00