Efficacy of tofacitinib monotherapy in methotrexate-naive patients with early or established rheumatoid arthritis

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Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Fleischmann, Roy M ^a   Huizinga, Tom W J ^b   Kavanaugh, Arthur F ^c   Wilkinson, Bethanie ^d   Kwok, Kenneth ^d   DeMasi, Ryan ^d   Van Vollenhoven, Ronald F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center and Reade   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84988369665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20565933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2016-000262     Document Type: Article

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