Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with methotrexate alone, sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine, or a combination of all three medications.

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Published in N Engl J Med on May 16, 1996

Authors

J R O'Dell1, C E Haire, N Erikson, W Drymalski, W Palmer, P J Eckhoff, V Garwood, P Maloley, L W Klassen, S Wees, H Klein, G F Moore

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1: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Omaha 68198-3025, USA.

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