title: [A long experience in basic therapy of rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: 183 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) received basic drugs for 3 to 15 years. The patients were followed up for 13.5 years, on the average, with intervals 6-48 months. Clinical, laboratory, instrumental and morphological methods of investigation were used. The findings are reviewed on the mortality and causes of death, lethal tumors, overall complications and those observed in 55 patients on glucocorticoids.
authors.affiliation: Kafedra vnutrennikh bolezneĭ No. 3 Pervogo lechebnogo fakulteta MMA im. I.M. Sechenova na baze gorodskoĭ klinicheskoĭ bol'nitsy No. 20, Moskva.
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Bokarev
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Kanevskaia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids