Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: management and therapeutic options
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1759-720X,1759-7218
DOI: 10.1177/1759720x11413630