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Consider topical therapies when osteoarthritis is in only a few superficial joints

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Consider topical therapies when osteoarthritis is in only a few superficial joints. Drugs Ther Perspect 28, 15–17 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2165/11208690-000000000-00000

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