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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
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Original Article

Amyloid arthropathy mimicking seronegative rheumatoid arthritis in multiple myeloma: case reports and review of the literature

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Pages 226-231 | Published online: 19 Nov 2009

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