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Monitoring Gold Plasma Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Lorber, A. Monitoring Gold Plasma Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Clin Pharmacokinet 2, 127–146 (1977). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003088-197702020-00004

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