British Journal of Rheumatology 1998;37:1110–1117 CAN COLLAGEN TYPE II SUSTAIN A METHOTREXATE-INDUCED THERAPEUTIC EFFECT IN PATIENTS WITH LONG-STANDING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS? A DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED TRIAL
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H. J. HÄUSELMANN, M. CARAVATTI, B. SEIFERT,* K. WANG,* P. BRUCKNER,† G. STUCKI and B. A. MICHEL Department of Rheumatology and Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, CH-8091 Zürich, *Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zürich, CH-8006 Zürich, Switzerland and †University of Münster, Department of Physiological Chemistry, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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