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. 1990 Dec;49(12):1017–1020. doi: 10.1136/ard.49.12.1017

Nodal generalised osteoarthritis is an autoimmune disease.

M Doherty 1, M Pattrick 1, R Powell 1
PMCID: PMC1004302  PMID: 2270962

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