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. 1998 Dec;57(12):703–710. doi: 10.1136/ard.57.12.703

Influence of hypoxia in inflammatory synovitis

T Bodamyali 1, C Stevens 1, M Billingham 1, S Ohta 1, D Blake 1
PMCID: PMC1752510  PMID: 10070268

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