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Willie Sutton Was Right: It’s Time to Turn to the Synovium to Drive Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy

ERIC M. RUDERMAN, ARTHUR M. MANDELIN and HARRIS R. PERLMAN
The Journal of Rheumatology December 2016, 43 (12) 2089-2091; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.161285
ERIC M. RUDERMAN
Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine;
MD
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ARTHUR M. MANDELIN
Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine;
MD, PhD
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HARRIS R. PERLMAN
Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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