Difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis: contributing factors and burden of disease

• Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Vol. 60; no. 8; pp. 3778 - 3788
• Main Authors: Roodenrijs, Nadia M T, van der Goes, Marlies C, Welsing, Paco M J, Tekstra, Janneke, Lafeber, Floris P J G, Jacobs, Johannes W G, van Laar, Jacob M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 02.08.2021
• Subjects: Difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis; contributing factors; risk factors; burden of disease

Treatment of difficult-to-treat (D2T) RA patients is generally based on trial-and-error and can be challenging due to a myriad of contributing factors. We aimed to identify risk factors at RA onset, contributing factors and the burden of disease. Consecutive RA patients were enrolled and categorised...