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Genetic variants influencing response to methotrexate in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8045, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Prabha Ranganathan

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Ranganathan, P. Genetic variants influencing response to methotrexate in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int 36, 53–54 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-015-3318-x

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