Challenging Cases in Rheumatology
and Diseases of the Immune System
,
,Massoud Mahmoudi
Editor
Challenging Cases in
Rheumatology and Diseases
of the Immune System
, Editor
Massoud Mahmoudi
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
San Francisco College of Osteopathic Medicine
Touro University
Vallejo, CA, USA
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Osteopathic Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Stratford, NJ, USA
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and Diseases of the Immune System
,
,Massoud Mahmoudi
Editor
Challenging Cases in
Rheumatology and Diseases
of the Immune System
, Editor
Massoud Mahmoudi
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
San Francisco College of Osteopathic Medicine
Touro University
Vallejo, CA, USA
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Osteopathic Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Stratford, NJ, USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-5087-0 ISBN 978-1-4614-5088-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5088-7
Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012951612
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013
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with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and
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