The combination of Chinese and Western Medicine in the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A real-world cohort study across China

• Main Authors: Linda LD. Zhong (Author), Rongsheng Wang (Author), Wai Ching Lam (Author), Qi Zhu (Author), Peipei Du (Author), Pei Hua Cao (Author), Ting Jiang (Author), Yuan Yuan Zhang (Author), Jie Shen (Author), Xiao Su (Author), Luan Xue (Author), Jianchun Mao (Author), Yong Fei Fang (Author), Ming Li Gao (Author), Chun Rong Hu (Author), Jiang Yun Peng (Author), Ying Gu (Author), Qianghua Wei (Author), Runyue Huang (Author), Aiping Lyu (Author), Hongxia Liu (Author), Dongyi He (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To investigate the efficacy of Integrative medicine (IM), compare with Western medicine (WM), in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a cohort study.Methods: This is a cohort study with recruitment of RA patients from 10 hospitals in China. The primary outcome was change in disea...