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Only high disease activity and positive rheumatoid factor indicate poor prognosis in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis treated with “sawtooth” strategy

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  • T Möttönen aDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, bDepartment of Rheumatology, Malmi Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, cDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, dMedCare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, eDepartment of Virology, Turku University, Turku, Finland, fDepartment of Medicine, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • L Paimela aDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, bDepartment of Rheumatology, Malmi Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, cDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, dMedCare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, eDepartment of Virology, Turku University, Turku, Finland, fDepartment of Medicine, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M Leirisalo-Repo aDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, bDepartment of Rheumatology, Malmi Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, cDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, dMedCare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, eDepartment of Virology, Turku University, Turku, Finland, fDepartment of Medicine, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • H Kautiainen aDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, bDepartment of Rheumatology, Malmi Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, cDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, dMedCare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, eDepartment of Virology, Turku University, Turku, Finland, fDepartment of Medicine, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Ilonen aDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, bDepartment of Rheumatology, Malmi Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, cDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, dMedCare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, eDepartment of Virology, Turku University, Turku, Finland, fDepartment of Medicine, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • P Hannonen aDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, bDepartment of Rheumatology, Malmi Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, cDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, dMedCare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, eDepartment of Virology, Turku University, Turku, Finland, fDepartment of Medicine, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Dr T Möttönen, Turku University Central Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Paimio Hospital, FIN-21540 Paimio, Finland.
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Möttönen T, Paimela L, Leirisalo-Repo M, et al
Only high disease activity and positive rheumatoid factor indicate poor prognosis in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis treated with “sawtooth” strategy
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 1998;57:533-539.

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  • Accepted July 16, 1998
  • First published September 1, 1998.
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April 08, 2023

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