How aggressive should initial therapy for rheumatoid arthritis be? Reply |
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| Authors: | Matteson E L; Weyand C M; Goronzy J G |
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| Institution: | Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN and 1 Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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| Abstract: | We thank Kaarela et al. and Pincus et al. for their commentsregarding our experience with a cohort of patients with earlyrheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with what most would regardas non-aggressive DMARD therapy 1]. In our study, we notedthat after 24 months of follow-up a majority of patients (60%)was either still on solo DMARD therapy with hydroxychloroquine(HCQ) or off DMARD therapy |
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