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. 1990 Oct;49(Suppl 2):845–850. doi: 10.1136/ard.49.suppl_2.845

Surgery of the rheumatoid cervical spine.

R A Johnston 1, I G Kelly 1
PMCID: PMC1030332  PMID: 2241300

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