Gallium-67 scintigraphy in macrophagic myofasciitis

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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism

سال: 2000

ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131

DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200007)43:7<1520::aid-anr16>3.3.co;2-h