The place of methotrexate perioperatively in elective orthopedic surgeries in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Published in Clin Rheumatol on April 15, 2008

Authors

Herwig Pieringer1, Ulrike Stuby, Georg Biesenbach

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Rheumatology, 2nd Department of Medicine, General Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstr. 9, Linz, 4020, Austria. herwigpi@yahoo.com

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