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Early treatment of recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis patients impairs the effect of HLA class II antigents on the progression of joint destruction

✍ Scribed by LR Lard, JMW Hazes, FC Breedveld, GMTh Schreuder, RRP de Vries, E Zanelli…

Book ID: 120708994
Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 430 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 1478-6354
DOI: 10.1186/ar271

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