Lethal pneumonitis under leflunomide therapy
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Clinical expression of leflunomide-induced pneumonitis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1462-0332,1462-0324
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei076