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Rheumatology

Psychometric evaluation of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptom Questionnaire (RASQ) in an observational study

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Pages 2121-2128 | Received 14 Mar 2017, Accepted 30 Aug 2017, Published online: 27 Sep 2017

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