Key words: amyloidosis, biologics, inflammation mediators, rheumatoid arthritis, serum amyloid A protein
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Section of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Kumamoto Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatology, and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. Please address correspondence and reprint requests to: Tadashi Nakamura, MD, PhD, Kumamoto Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatology, 1-15-7 Kuhonji, Kumamoto 862-0976, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] Received on December 3, 2010; accepted in revised form on March 8, 2011. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2011; 29: 850-857. © Copyright CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY 2011.
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