Association of baseline levels of markers of bone and cartilage degradation with long-term progression of joint damage in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis : The COBRA study
✍ Scribed by Patrick Garnero; Robert Landewé; Maarten Boers; Arco Verhoeven; Sjef Van Der Linden; Stephan Christgau; Désirée Van Der Heijde; Annelies Boonen; Piet Geusens
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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