The presentation and outcome of heart failure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis differs from that in the general population
✍ Scribed by John M. Davis III; Véronique L. Roger; Cynthia S. Crowson; Hilal Maradit Kremers; Terry M. Therneau; Sherine E. Gabriel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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