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  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital for Chest Disease and Chest Surgery, Ankara, Turkey

    Mehmet Sırmalı, Göktürk Fındık & Sadi Kaya

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

    Levent Özçakar

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Sırmalı, M., Özçakar, L., Fındık, G. et al. Ankylosing spondylitis: a perturbing psychosocial concern?. Rheumatol Int 23, 324–325 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-003-0307-2

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