Efficacy of sulfasalazine in patients with inflammatory back pain due to undifferentiated spondyloarthritis and early ankylosing spondylitis: a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on April 10, 2006

Authors

J Braun1, J Zochling, X Baraliakos, R Alten, G Burmester, K Grasedyck, J Brandt, H Haibel, M Hammer, A Krause, F Mielke, H-P Tony, W Ebner, B Gömör, J Hermann, H Zeidler, E Beck, M Baumgaertner, J Sieper

Author Affiliations

1: Rheumazentrum-Ruhrgebiet, Landgrafenstrasse 15, 44652 Herne, Germany. J.Braun@rheumazentrum-ruhrgebiet.de

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