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Original Article

Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial of Withdrawal of Slow-acting Antirheumatic Drugs and of Observer Bias in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Pages 194-199 | Received 27 Oct 1995, Accepted 12 Mar 1996, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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