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The Efficacy and Safety of Muscle Relaxants in Inflammatory Arthritis: A Cochrane Systematic Review

BETHAN L. RICHARDS, SAMUEL L. WHITTLE, DÉSIRÉE M. van der HEIJDE and RACHELLE BUCHBINDER
The Journal of Rheumatology Supplement September 2012, 90 34-39; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120340
BETHAN L. RICHARDS
From the Rheumatology Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia; Rheumatology Department, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; and Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology at Cabrini Hospital, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Malvern, Australia.
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