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Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2023



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2021;32(2):160-3
A Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis under Methotrexate and Etanercept Treatment Presenting with Fever and Pancytopenia: An Unexpected Guest
Authors Information

1. First Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Hippokration”, Thessaloniki, Greece

2. Haematology Section, Second Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Hippokration”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Patoulias D



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