A simplified disease activity index for rheumatoid arthritis for use in clinical practice.

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Published in Rheumatology (Oxford) on February 01, 2003

Authors

J S Smolen1, F C Breedveld, M H Schiff, J R Kalden, P Emery, G Eberl, P L van Riel, P Tugwell

Author Affiliations

1: University of Vienna and Lainz Hospital, Austria. josef.smolen@wienkav.at

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