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Achilles Tendinopathy After Treatment with Ophthalmic Moxifloxacin

HEATHER GLADUE and MARIANA J. KAPLAN
The Journal of Rheumatology January 2013, 40 (1) 104-105; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120944
HEATHER GLADUE
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 300 North Ingalls Building, SPC 5422, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
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