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Review article: Biomedical intelligence

Vol. 142 No. 4142 (2012)

Synovitis – an inflammation of joints destroying the bone

  • Georg Schett
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2012.13692
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2012;142:w13692
Published
07.10.2012

Summary

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