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A brief history of familial Mediterranean fever

Marwan H. Adwan
Saudi Medical Journal September 2015, 36 (9) 1126-1127; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.9.12219
Marwan H. Adwan
From the Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
MRCPI, MSc
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