Anaemia may add information to standardised disease activity assessment to predict radiographic damage in rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective cohort study.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on March 16, 2013

Authors

Burkhard Möller1, Almut Scherer, Frauke Förger, Peter M Villiger, Axel Finckh, Swiss Clinical Quality Management Program for Rheumatic Diseases

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital Bern, , Bern, Switzerland.

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