Three Months of Glucocorticoids in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Bridge Too Short?

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Maarten Boers. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;74(10):1609-1611.

doi: 10.1002/art.42249. Epub 2022 Aug 22.

¹ Department of Epidemiology & Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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