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Jón Pétursson and his forgotten contribution to the clinical description of rheumatoid arthritis
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Jón Pétursson and his forgotten contribution to the clinical description of rheumatoid arthritis
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Rheumatology Forum 2024;10(1):55-58.
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Eugeniusz Józef Kucharz
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