Duration of methotrexate treatment until partial and total remission of refractory juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 174-175

  Brik, Riva ^a   Berkowitz, Drora ^a   Berant, Moshe ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LETTER; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031750425     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.3.174     Document Type: Letter

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