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Polymyalgia rheumatica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

HA Bird
HA Bird*
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The Leeds General Infirmary and the Royal Bath Hospital, Harrogate, UK
*
HA Bird, The Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Royal Bath Hospital, Cornwall Road, Harrogate HG1 2PS, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1993, pp. 31 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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