Early rheumatoid arthritis: Clinical aspects of new classification criteria and modern treatment strategies

• Published in: Arthritis & Rheumatology
• Main Author: Nordberg, Lena Bugge
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Bugge; Nordberg
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/71049; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-74172

In this thesis Lena Bugge Nordberg assessed clinical aspects of new classification criteria and modern treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The thesis is based on data from the ARCTIC trial, in which 230 early RA patients were followed for 2 years. Nordberg examined whether the use of ultrasound...