A double blind, randomised, multicentre comparison of two doses of intravenous iloprost in the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to connective tissue diseases.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on November 01, 1991

Authors

H I Torley1, R Madhok, H A Capell, R M Brouwer, P J Maddison, C M Black, H Englert, J A Dormandy, H R Watson

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1: Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.

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