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. 1989 Mar;48(3):256–261. doi: 10.1136/ard.48.3.256

What should we hope to achieve when treating rheumatoid arthritis?

D L Scott 1, T D Spector 1, T Pullar 1, B McConkey 1
PMCID: PMC1003733  PMID: 2649028

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