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Cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis: when does it really start?

Michael T Nurmohamed Departments of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, VU University Medical Centre, Jan van Breemen Research Institute, PO Box 7057, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]
Pages 429-432 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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