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Return of infliximab efficacy after total knee arthroplasty in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0054, Japan

    Hiroe Toki, Shigeki Momohara, Katsunori Ikari, Koichiro Kawamura, So Tsukahara, Takeshi Mochizuki, Eri Sato & Hisashi Yamanaka

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Toki, H., Momohara, S., Ikari, K. et al. Return of infliximab efficacy after total knee arthroplasty in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 27, 549–550 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-008-0858-4

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