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1Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham 35294, USA. graciela.alarcon@ccc.uab.edu
Postgraduate Medicine
|May 1, 1999
Abstract:
Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful, chronic disease that affects an estimated 2 million Americans. Although no single pharmacologic agent is completely effective against the disease, some patients have shown significant improvement when treated with minocycline. Dr Alarcón summarizes the outcomes of studies to date and offers her recommendations.