Comparison of sulfasalazine and placebo in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis. A Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on December 01, 1996

Authors

D O Clegg1, D J Reda, M H Weisman, W D Blackburn, J J Cush, G W Cannon, M L Mahowald, H R Schumacher, T Taylor, E Budiman-Mak, M R Cohen, F B Vasey, M E Luggen, E Mejias, S L Silverman, R Makkena, F P Alepa, J Buxbaum, C M Haakenson, R H Ward, B J Manaster, R J Anderson, J R Ward, W G Henderson

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1: VAMC, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

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