Atacicept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results of a multicenter, phase Ib, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalating, single- and repeated-dose study.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on January 01, 2008

Authors

P P Tak1, R M Thurlings, C Rossier, I Nestorov, A Dimic, V Mircetic, M Rischmueller, E Nasonov, E Shmidt, P Emery, A Munafo

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1: Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. p.p.tak@amc.uva.nl

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