Effectiveness of maintenance therapy with methotrexate compared with leflunomide for patients with RA having achieved disease control with both these drugs: results of a predefined sub-analysis of CareRA, a pragmatic RCT-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Effectiveness of maintenance therapy with methotrexate compared with leflunomide for patients with RA having achieved disease control with both these drugs: results of a predefined sub-analysis of CareRA, a pragmatic RCT

Published:2020-03-12 Issue:9 Volume:39 Page:2593-2601
ISSN:0770-3198
Container-title:Clinical Rheumatology
language:en
Short-container-title:Clin Rheumatol

Author:

Stouten Veerle,Michiels Stijn,Westhovens René,De Cock Diederik,Belba Amy,Pazmino Sofia,Van der Elst Kristien,Joly Johan,Verschueren Patrick

Funder

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

General Medicine,Rheumatology

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10067-020-05008-4.pdf

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