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. 2005 Jun;64(6):801–803. doi: 10.1136/ard.2005.037580

Benefit of pregnancy in inflammatory arthritis

R Straub 1, F Buttgereit 1, M Cutolo 1
PMCID: PMC1755541  PMID: 15897301

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