ABBREVIATIONS
- ACR -
American College of Rheumatology
- ACCP -
Antibodies against cycled citrullinated peptide
- bDMARD-s –
biolocical Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
- CRP-
C reactive protein
- c DMARD-s –
conventional Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
- DAS28 -
Disease Activity Score
- DMARD-s -
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
- EULAR -
European League for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- ICER -
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
- IL-1 -
Interleukin-1
- IL-6 -
Interleukin-6
- IL-8 -
Interleukin 8
- HAQ -
Health Assessment Questionnaire
- NICE -
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
- NSAIL -
Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- MMP -
Metalloproteinases
- MTX -
Methotrexate
- QALY -
Quality-adjusted life year
- RA -
Rheumatoid arthritis
- SAARD -
Slowly acting antirheumatic drugs
- TNF-α -
Tumor necrosis factor - α
- VAS -
Visual analogue scale
- VEGF -
vascular endothelial growth factor