Critical coronary artery stenosis and aortitis in a patient with relapsing polychondritis.
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Volume 35, no. 9 Polychondritis Critical Coronary Artery Stenosis and Aortitis in a Patient with Relapsing DAVID LORRETTA B. DANIEL, JAGDISH BUTANY, YVES L. PROVOST and TYRONE E. JONATHAN D. STEIN, PETER LEE, BINDEE KURIYA, JERRY TENENBAUM, http://www.jrheum.org/content/35/9/1898 J Rheumatol 2008;35;1898-1901 http://www.jrheum.org/alerts 1. Sign up for TOCs and other alerts http://jrheum.com/faq 2. Information on Subscriptions http://jrheum.com/reprints_permissions 3. Information on permissions/orders of reprints
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of rheumatology
دوره 35 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008