Association of mortality with disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis, independent of comorbidity
✍ Scribed by Gregorio Navarro-Cano; Inmaculada del Rincón; Samvel Pogosian; José F. Roldán; Agustín Escalante
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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