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Deterioration of lung function is associated with presence of IgM rheumatoid factor and smoking in patients with systemic sclerosis

✍ Scribed by Berit Broholm; Susanne Ullman; Poul Halberg; Søren Jacobsen

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 87 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 0770-3198
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0922-0

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