Remission induction therapy with methotrexate and prednisone in patients with early rheumatoid and undifferentiated arthritis (the IMPROVED study)

Kirsten Wevers-de Boer; Karen Visser; Lotte Heimans; H Karel Ronday; Esmeralda Molenaar; J Hans L M Groenendael; André J Peeters; Marie-Louise Westedt; Gerard Collée; Peter B J de Sonnaville; Bernard A M Grillet; Tom W J Huizinga; Cornelia F Allaart

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200736

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Remission induction therapy with methotrexate and prednisone in patients with early rheumatoid and undifferentiated arthritis (the IMPROVED study)

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Kirsten Wevers-de Boer 1Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Karen Visser 1Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lotte Heimans 1Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
H Karel Ronday 2Department of Rheumatology, HAGA Hospital, the Hague, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Esmeralda Molenaar 3Department of Rheumatology, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Hans L M Groenendael 4Department of Rheumatology, Franciscus Hospital, Roosendaal, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
André J Peeters 5Department of Rheumatology, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marie-Louise Westedt 6Department of Rheumatology, Bronovo Hospital, the Hague, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gerard Collée 7Department of Rheumatology, MCH, the Hague, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter B J de Sonnaville 8Department of Rheumatology, Admiraal de Ruyter Hospital, Goes, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bernard A M Grillet 9Department of Rheumatology, Zorgsaam Hospital, Terneuzen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tom W J Huizinga 1Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cornelia F Allaart 1Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Kirsten Wevers-de Boer, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, PO BOX 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands; K.V.C.de_boer{at}lumc.nl

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Wevers-de Boer K, Visser K, Heimans L, et al

Remission induction therapy with methotrexate and prednisone in patients with early rheumatoid and undifferentiated arthritis (the IMPROVED study)

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2012;71:1472-1477.

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Received September 7, 2011
Accepted January 27, 2012
First published March 8, 2012.

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