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Asymptomatic avascular necrosis in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome in the absence of corticosteroid use: A prospective study by magnetic resonance imaging

  1. Maria G. Tektonidou,
  2. Katerina Malagari,
  3. Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos,
  4. Dimitris A. Kelekis,
  5. Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos*

Article first published online: 28 FEB 2003

DOI: 10.1002/art.10835

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Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volume 48, Issue 3, pages 732–736, March 2003

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Tektonidou, M. G., Malagari, K., Vlachoyiannopoulos, P. G., Kelekis, D. A. and Moutsopoulos, H. M. (2003), Asymptomatic avascular necrosis in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome in the absence of corticosteroid use: A prospective study by magnetic resonance imaging. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 48: 732–736. doi: 10.1002/art.10835

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  1. National University of Athens, Athens, Greece

*Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, National University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, Athens 11527, Greece

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  1. Issue published online: 28 FEB 2003
  2. Article first published online: 28 FEB 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 22 NOV 2002
  4. Manuscript Received: 2 AUG 2002

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