Mixed connective tissue disease presenting with pneumonitis and pneumatosis intestinalis
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200003)43:3<704::aid-anr29>3.0.co;2-f