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. 1991 Feb;50(2):72–74. doi: 10.1136/ard.50.2.72

Oral contraception and its possible protection against rheumatoid arthritis.

J M Hazes 1, D van Zeben 1
PMCID: PMC1004340  PMID: 1998393

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