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URBINA AUCANCELA, Cynthia Yesenia; CARRERA MONTERO, Geyla Yomar; QUINTANA DOMINGUEZ, Omar Santiago  e  GUAMA BONILLA, Lucia Nataly. Rheumatoid Arthritis Activity and Treatment. Rev Cuba Reumatol [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.3  Epub 01-Dez-2020. ISSN 1817-5996.

The diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis early in the course of the disease provides relief of symptoms and also prevents long-term structural damage and functional deterioration, with a concomitant improvement in quality of life. To expose approaches to rheumatoid arthritis in terms of the treatment and behavior of the activity of said disease. Recognition of patients with rapidly progressing disease is essential to identify candidates in whom intensive therapy can have the greatest impact, in terms of preventing disease progression. The accumulated data shows that intensive treatment strategies with biological agents, especially TNF inhibitors, are more effective than sequential monotherapy or progressive combination therapy. These show substantial efficacy in combination with methotrexate, providing rapid and substantial benefits and improvements in patient outcomes.

Palavras-chave : rheumatoid arthritis; disease course; treatment; activity behavior.

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