Guidelines for the management and treatment of periodic fever syndromes familial Mediterranean fever
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (English Edition)
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2255-5021
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbre.2015.08.019