Sytske Anne Bergstra

Jun 13, 2024 | ard.bmj.com | Josef S Smolen |Sytske Anne Bergstra |Andreas Kerschbaumer |Alexandre Sepriano

Therapy with DMARDs should be started as soon as the diagnosis of RA is made. In light of recent debates about definitions of pre-RA,20–22 the question arose whether the term ‘diagnosis of RA’ is limited to patients with the full picture of the disease or also includes ‘suspected’ RA.