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Endocrine function and dysfunction in familial Mediterranean fever

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Konstantopoulos, K. Endocrine function and dysfunction in familial Mediterranean fever. Clin Rheumatol 25, 885 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-006-0209-2

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