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We report on our experience of two pilot studies of ciclosporin (CyA) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a disease in which functional T cell abnormalities have been clearly demonstrated [2].
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Amor, B., Dougados, M. (1985). Ciclosporin in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Open Trials with Different Dosages. In: Schindler, R. (eds) Ciclosporin in Autoimmune Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70607-3_54
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