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Musculoskeletal and neuropsychiatric manifestations are the main source of persisting affection and organ damage in a German population of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

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Pages 157-159 | Received 17 Apr 2005, Accepted 02 Sep 2005, Published online: 25 Aug 2009

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