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Handout on Health: Rheumatoid Arthritis
The booklet describes how rheumatoid arthritis develops, how it is diagnosed, how it is treated and what patients can do to help manage the disease. Current research efforts supported by NIAMS and oth... Details >
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis 
There are several types of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, or JRA, which typically appears between the ages of 6 months and 16 years. Understanding the symptoms and characteristics of each of them can... Details >
Prednisone plus Methotrexate for Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Patients assigned to prednisone plus methotrexate had fewer flare-ups, used a smaller total dose of prednisone, and more often remained off prednisone at the end of the study than did those assigned t... Details >
Rheumatoid Arthritis
This booklet is for people who have rheumatoid arthritis, as well as for their family members, friends, and others who want to find out more about this disease. The booklet describes how rheumatoid ar... Details >
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health
The Impact of Genetic Variations on the Treatment of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
In a recent study, published in the September 2004 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, researchers set out to examine whether specific genetic variations could predict the response to treatment of early ... Details >