DEPRESSION OF SYNOVIAL FLUID COMPLEMENT ACTIVITY AND RHEUMATOID FACTOR POSITIVITY
β Scribed by Hedberg, Helge
- Book ID
- 118699502
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 2009
- Weight
- 368 KB
- Volume
- 188
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6101
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