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Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis

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Ameen, M., Barker, J.N. (2005). Psoriasis. In: Gordon, K.B., Ruderman, E.M. (eds) Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27190-2_2

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