Diagnostic Delay in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Related Factors and Prognostic Outcomes
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Diagnostic Delay in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Related Factors and Prognostic Outcomes
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Rheumatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2148-5046
DOI: 10.5606/archrheumatol.2016.5562