Changes in disease characteristics and response rates among patients in the United Kingdom starting anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy for rheumatoid arthritis between 2001 and 2008.

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Published in Rheumatology (Oxford) on July 29, 2010

Authors

Kimme L Hyrich1, Kath D Watson, Mark Lunt, Deborah P M Symmons, British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register (BSRBR)

Author Affiliations

1: Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. kimme.hyrich@manchester.ac.uk

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