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Case Report

Successful tocilizumab treatment in a patient with adult-onset Still’s disease complicated by chronic active hepatitis B and amyloid A amyloidosis

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Pages 215-218 | Received 14 Jul 2010, Accepted 15 Sep 2010, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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