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Moderate Alcohol Use Could Be Safe with Methotrexate for RA

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The study was funded by the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology and other governmental sources. The authors declared no competing interests.

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Humphreys JH, Warner A, Costello R, et al. Quantifying the hepatotoxic risk of alcohol consumption in patients with rheumatoid arthritistaking methotrexate. Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. 2017 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print].

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