Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 653-672 , August 2006

Acute polyarthritis

  • Kathryn Dao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Division, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill, Dallas, TX 75231, USA. Tel.: +1 214 345 7376; Fax: +1 214 345 7999.
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  • John J. Cush, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2006.05.007

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