Should imporvement in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials be defined as fifty percent or seventy percent improvement in core set measures, rather than twenty percent?
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199809)41:9%3c1564::aid-art6%3e3.0.co;2-m