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Safety and Efficacy of the Selective Costimulation Modulator Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Background Methotrexate: A 5-year Extended Phase IIB Study

RENE WESTHOVENS, JOEL M. KREMER, LARRY W. MORELAND, PAUL EMERY, ANTHONY S. RUSSELL, TRACY LI, RICHARD ARANDA, JEAN-CLAUDE BECKER, KEQIN QI and MAXIME DOUGADOS
The Journal of Rheumatology April 2009, 36 (4) 736-742; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.080813
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vol. 36 no. 4 736-742
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.080813
PubMed 
19273451

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The Journal of Rheumatology
Print ISSN 
0315-162X
Online ISSN 
1499-2752
History 
  • Accepted for publication November 24, 2008
  • Published online April 2, 2009.

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  1. RENE WESTHOVENS,
  2. JOEL M. KREMER,
  3. LARRY W. MORELAND,
  4. PAUL EMERY,
  5. ANTHONY S. RUSSELL,
  6. TRACY LI,
  7. RICHARD ARANDA,
  8. JEAN-CLAUDE BECKER,
  9. KEQIN QI and
  10. MAXIME DOUGADOS
  1. From the Department of Rheumatology, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pennington, New Jersey, USA; and Service de Rhumatologie B, Hopital Cochin, Rene Descartes University, Paris, France.
  2. R. Westhovens, MD, PhD, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven; J.M. Kremer, MD, Albany Medical College; L.W. Moreland, MD, University of Pittsburgh; P. Emery, MA, MD, FRCP, University of Leeds; A.S. Russell, MD, FRCP, University of Alberta; T. Li, PhD; R. Aranda, PhD; J-C. Becker, MD, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ; K. Qi, PhD, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pennington, NJ; M. Dougados, MD, Hopital Cochin, Rene Descartes University.
  1. Address reprint requests to Prof. R. Westhovens, Department of Rheumatology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B 3000 Leuven, Belgium. E-mail: rene.westhovens{at}uz.kuleuven.ac.be

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