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Pathogenic role of platelets in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic autoimmune diseases

Perspectives and therapeutic aspects

Ghita Harifi and Jean Sibilia
Saudi Medical Journal April 2016, 37 (4) 354-360; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.4.14768
Ghita Harifi
From the Rheumatology Unit (Harifi), Department of Medicine, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the Rheumatology Department (Sibilia), Strasbourg University Hospital, the INSERM U1109 Research Center, Strasbourg, France
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Jean Sibilia
From the Rheumatology Unit (Harifi), Department of Medicine, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the Rheumatology Department (Sibilia), Strasbourg University Hospital, the INSERM U1109 Research Center, Strasbourg, France
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