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Seropositive arthritis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a remark on B cell-mediated autoimmunity

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

    İbrahim Koral Önal

  2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

    Levent Özçakar & Ömer Dizdar

  3. Department of Hematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

    Yahya Büyükaşık & Semra Dündar

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Önal, İ.K., Özçakar, L., Dizdar, Ö. et al. Seropositive arthritis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a remark on B cell-mediated autoimmunity. Rheumatol Int 25, 569–570 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-004-0574-6

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