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. 1988 Feb;47(2):89–90. doi: 10.1136/ard.47.2.89

A possible immunochemical explanation for pregnancy associated remissions in rheumatoid arthritis?

D R Stanworth
PMCID: PMC1003458  PMID: 3355255

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