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Pattern of drugs use and association with anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin antibody in rheumatoid arthritis

Mohammad-Ayman A. Safi and Omar A. Fathaldin
Saudi Medical Journal March 2015, 36 (3) 316-323; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.3.10208
Mohammad-Ayman A. Safi
From the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology (Safi), and the Department of Medicine (Fathaldin), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
B.Pharm, PhD (UK)
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Omar A. Fathaldin
From the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology (Safi), and the Department of Medicine (Fathaldin), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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