Is day care equivalent to inpatient care for active rheumatoid arthritis? Randomised controlled clinical and economic evaluation.

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Published in BMJ on March 28, 1998

Authors

C M Lambert1, N P Hurst, J F Forbes, A Lochhead, M Macleod, G Nuki

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1: Department of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital.

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