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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2017;28(4):212-6
Anti-synthetase syndrome presenting with interstitial lung disease
Authors Information

1: Department of Rheumatology, St. Paul’s Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

2: Department of Endocrinology, Asclepeion Hospital, Athens
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