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Safety of the selective costimulation modulator abatacept in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving background biologic and nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: A one-year randomized, placebo-controlled study
Article first published online: 31 AUG 2006
DOI: 10.1002/art.22070
Copyright © 2006 by the American College of Rheumatology
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Weinblatt, M., Combe, B., Covucci, A., Aranda, R., Becker, J. C. and Keystone, E. (2006), Safety of the selective costimulation modulator abatacept in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving background biologic and nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: A one-year randomized, placebo-controlled study. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 54: 2807–2816. doi: 10.1002/art.22070
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- Issue published online: 31 AUG 2006
- Article first published online: 31 AUG 2006
- Manuscript Accepted: 9 JUN 2006
- Manuscript Received: 15 FEB 2006
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