Incomplete Reiter's arthritis in a 23 year old nursing mother.
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Ms Black is a 60-year-old widow with no children, who has severe rheumatoid arthritis and uses a wheelchair. She has pulmonary disease and requires continuous oxygen therapy. For the past two years her 90-year-old mother, who has dementia, has lived with her.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- African health sciences
دوره 4 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004