Interleukin-6, acute phase reactants and clinical status in ankylosing spondylitis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.53.6.425-b