Macrophagic myofascitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis
โ Scribed by Kiyoshi Migita; Ruka Ueda-Nakata; Tomoko Masuda; Taichiro Miyashita; Tomohiro Koga; Yasumori Izumi; Katsuhiro Ichinose; Hironori Ezaki; Masahiro Ito; Masakatsu Motomura; Katsumi Eguchi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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