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Comparison of treatment-response criteria for juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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boxed-textLurati A et al. (2006) A comparison of response criteria to evaluate therapeutic response in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis treated with methotrexate and/or anti-tumor necrosis factor α agents. Arthritis Rheum 54: 1602–1607

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  1. Professor in the Department of Pediatric Rheumatology of the Children's National Medical Center, at George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Olcay Y Jones

  2. Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Daniel J Lovell

  3. Juvenile Arthritis disease committee of CARRA,

    Daniel J Lovell

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