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. 2011;129(5):357-60.
doi: 10.1590/s1516-31802011000500012.

Hand dysfunction in scleroderma patients

Thelma Larocca Skare, Bruna Leticia Toebe, Carla Boros

Hand dysfunction in scleroderma patients

Thelma Larocca Skare et al. Sao Paulo Med J. 2011.
No abstract available

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