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Research Article

Psoriatic arthritis mutilans (PAM) in the Nordic countries: demographics and disease status. The Nordic PAM study

B GudbjornssonCentre for Rheumatology Research, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, IcelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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L EjstrupDepartment of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense Denmark
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JT GranDepartment of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospitals, Oslo Norway
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L IversenDepartment of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus Denmark
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U LindqvistDepartment of Medical Sciences, Rheumatology, Uppsala University, Uppsala Sweden
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L PaimelaHelsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki Finland
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T TernowitzDepartment of Dermatology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger Norway
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M StåhleDermatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Pages 373-378 | Accepted 25 Jan 2013, Published online: 21 Mar 2013

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