Skeletal palaeopathology and the rheumatic diseases: where are we now?
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Palaeopathology of spinal osteophytosis, vertebral ankylosis, ankylosing spondylitis, and vertebral hyperostosis.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of the rheumatic diseases
دوره 49 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990