The good initial response to therapy with a combination of traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs is sustained over time: the eleven-year results of the Finnish rheumatoid arthritis combination therapy trial.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on May 01, 2009

Authors

Vappu Rantalaiho1, Markku Korpela, Pekka Hannonen, Hannu Kautiainen, Salme Järvenpää, Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo, Markku Hakala, Kari Puolakka, Heikki Julkunen, Riitta Luosujärvi, Timo Möttönen, FIN-RACo Trial Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. vappu.rantalaiho@pshp.fi

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