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The lobster sign in SAPHO syndrome: unusually extensive osteitis of the anterior chest wall partially responsive to infliximab

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  1. Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Branimir Anić, Ivan Padjen & Marko Barešić

  2. Clinical Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Protection, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia

    Stanko Težak

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Anić, B., Padjen, I., Barešić, M. et al. The lobster sign in SAPHO syndrome: unusually extensive osteitis of the anterior chest wall partially responsive to infliximab. Rheumatol Int 34, 281–282 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-012-2606-y

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