Rheumatoid arthritis and glucocorticoids; the contribution of a literature search to the development of a EULAR recommendation on treatment with glucocorticoids in RA.
In 2010 the EULAR recommendations on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was published. The search for evidence for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with glucocorticoids and the development of a EULAR Task Force Guideline on this subject is described in this paper.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands. s.gorter@ mumc.nl
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D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000592:standards*
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