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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

One third of Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis use complementary and alternative medicine

Hiroshi KajiyamaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hideto AkamaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Hisashi YamanakaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Akira ShojiDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Yuko MatsudaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Eiichi TanakaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Ayako NakajimaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Chihiro TeraiInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Masako HaraInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Taisuke TomatsuInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Terunobu SaitohInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Naoyuki KamataniInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan
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Pages 355-359 | Received 11 May 2006, Accepted 03 Aug 2006, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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