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Editorial
. 2020 Sep;79(9):1129-1131.
doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218694. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

To immunosuppress: whom, when and how? That is the question with COVID-19

Kevin L Winthrop  1 , Xavier Mariette  2   3
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Editorial

To immunosuppress: whom, when and how? That is the question with COVID-19

Kevin L Winthrop et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: arthritis; biological therapy; glucocorticoids; rheumatoid.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: KLW reports personal fees from Pfizer, AbbVie, Union Chimique Belge (UCB), Eli Lilly & Company, Galapagos, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Roche, and Gilead and reports research grants from BMS, Pfizer, outside the submitted work.

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