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Reassessment of Twelve Traditional Paradigms Concerning the Diagnosis, Prevalence, Morbidity and Mortality of Rheumatoid Arthritis

T Pincus Division of Rheumatology and Immunology Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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L. F. Callahan Division of Rheumatology and Immunology Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Pages 67-96 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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