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Scharla, S. Leserbriefanfrage an die Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie von Frau Dr. med. Ilka Schwarze FÄ für Innere Medizin und Rheumatologie Zentrum für Innere Medizin—Universitätsklinikum Leipzig Liebig-Straße 22 04103 Leipzig. Z. Rheumatol. 64, 138–139 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00393-005-0669-9
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