Management of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Latin America
A Consensus Position Paper from Pan-American League of Associations of Rheumatology and Grupo Latino Americano de Estudio de Artritis Reumatoide. Published in 2009.

Authors
Loreto Massardo, MD; María E. Suárez-Almazor, MD, PhD; Mario H. Cardiel, MD, MSc; Arnulfo Nava, MD; Roger A. Levy, MD; Ieda Laurindo, MD; Enrique R. Soriano, MD; Eduardo Acevedo-Vázquez, MD; Alberto Millán, MD; Carlos Pineda-Villaseñor, MD; Claudio Galarza-Maldonado, MD; Carlo V. Caballero-Uribe, MD; Rolando Espinosa-Morales, MD; Bernardo A. Pons-Estel, MD

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 15(4):203-210, June 2009.

Corresponding author
Bernardo A. Pons-Estel, MD
baponsestel@buenaventuraguarani.com.ar

A consensus meeting of representatives of 18 Latin-American and Caribbean countries gathered in Reñaca, Chile, for 2 days to identify problems and provide recommendations for the care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Latin America, a region where poverty and other health priorities make the efforts to provide effective and high quality care difficult. This report includes recommendations for health professionals, patients, and health authorities in Latin America, with an emphasis on education and therapeutic issues.

The diffusion of this document has been kindly authorized by Dr. Ralph Schumacher, Editor in Chief of Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, where was originally published.

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