How aggressive should initial therapy for rheumatoid arthritis be? Factors associated with response to 'non-aggressive' DMARD treatment and perspective from a 2-yr open label trial.

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Published in Rheumatology (Oxford) on February 24, 2004

Authors

E L Matteson1, C M Weyand, J W Fulbright, T J H Christianson, R L McClelland, J J Goronzy

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. matteson.eric@Mayo.edu

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