Rheumatoid arthritis: From autoimmunity to synovitis and joint destruction
✍ Scribed by Marie-Christophe Boissier; Luca Semerano; Salima Challal; Nathalie Saidenberg-Kermanac'h; Géraldine Falgarone
- Book ID
- 118238791
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 434 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0896-8411
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