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Joint, Bone, Spine, 06/25/09
Falgarone G et al. - In RA patients, abatacept is effective in decreasing the arthritis, pain, disability, fatigue, and radiological joint damage. Abatacept provides lasting remissions or low levels of disease activity and therefore constitutes a valuable addition to the current therapeutic armamentarium for RA, which is hoped to make a full remission an attainable goal in the overall population of RA patients.
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