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Association of tumour necrosis factor a, b and c microsatellite polymorphisms with clinical disease activity and induction of remission in early rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Laivoranta-Nyman S, Möttönen T, Hannonen P, Korpela M, Kautiainen H, Leirisalo-Repo M, Julkunen H, Luukkainen R, Hakala M, Vuori K, Laine A P, Toivanen A, Ilonen J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the associations of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) a, b and c microsatellite markers with 1) the clinical disease activity and 2) the induction of remissions in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with two treatment strategies. METHODS: In the FIN-RACo (FINnish Rheumatoid Arthritis Combination therapy) trial of two years, 195 patients with recent-onset RA were randomly assigned...
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