A randomized, double-blind study comparing twenty-four-week treatment with recombinant interferon-gamma versus placebo in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on January 01, 1997

Authors

E M Veys1, C J Menkes, P Emery

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.

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