A case of immune reconstitution syndrome: adult-onset Still's disease in a patient with HIV infection.

نویسندگان

  • Edwina Lawson
  • Katharine Bond
  • Duncan Churchill
  • Karen Walker-Bone
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Rheumatology

دوره 48 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009