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Delay to institution of therapy and induction of remission using single-drug or combination–disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis
Article first published online: 5 APR 2002
DOI: 10.1002/art.10135
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Möttönen, T., Hannonen, P., Korpela, M., Nissilä, M., Kautiainen, H., Ilonen, J., Laasonen, L., Kaipiainen-Seppänen, O., Franzen, P., Helve, T., Koski, J., Gripenberg-Gahmberg, M., Myllykangas-Luosujärvi, R. and Leirisalo-Repo, M. (2002), Delay to institution of therapy and induction of remission using single-drug or combination–disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 46: 894–898. doi: 10.1002/art.10135
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- Issue published online: 5 APR 2002
- Article first published online: 5 APR 2002
- Manuscript Accepted: 24 OCT 2001
- Manuscript Received: 25 MAY 2001
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