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Source: GUIPCAR Group. In: Clinical practice guideline for the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Madrid: Spanish Society of Rheumatology; 2001. 146 p. Summary algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with RA Patient with suspected RA Meets diagnostic criteria? Consider other diseases Older than 16 years? Juvenile RA Initial evaluation Burnt-out or end-stage RA? Treatment for symptoms and functional repair Pseudopolymyalgic RA? Corticosteroids Are erosions present? Number of swollen joints Number of swollen joints Less than 6 Greater than or equal to 6 Less than 6 Greater than or equal to 6 Methotrexate. Sulphasalazine. Chloroquine. Methotrexate. Injectable gold. Methotrexate Methotrexate. Leflunomide. Methotrexate+injectable gold. Copyright: All copyrights reserved by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology.