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Primary Aldosteronism Simulating Polymyositis

YAN-CHUN TANG, SHAO-KUN WANG and WEI-LING YUAN
The Journal of Rheumatology July 2011, 38 (7) 1529-1533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.110034
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