Disparate results in studies of methotrexate plus corticosteroids in the treatment of giant cell arteritis: Comment on the article by Hoffman et al
✍ Scribed by Juan Angel Jover; Cesar Hernández-Garcia; Inmaculada C. Morado; Emilio Vargas; Antonio Bañares; Benjamin Fernandez-Gutierrez
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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