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. 1988 Dec;47(12):969–971. doi: 10.1136/ard.47.12.969

Psychological factors in patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis.

B Oberai 1, J R Kirwan 1
PMCID: PMC1003647  PMID: 3061368

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