Musculoskeletal manifestations in a population-based cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199906)42:6<1259::aid-anr24>3.0.co;2-i