A meta-analysis of the incidence of malignancy in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis
✍ Scribed by Allison L Smitten, Teresa A Simon, Marc C Hochberg…
- Book ID
- 120706639
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 435 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1478-6354
- DOI
- 10.1186/ar2404
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