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Criterion validity of the EULAR Antiphospholipid Syndrome Disease Activity Score (EAPSDAS)
Maria G Tektonidou1, Ricard Cervera2, Guillermo J Pons-Estel3
1Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
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