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The Rheumatologist’s Role in COVID-19

RANDY Q. CRON and W. WINN CHATHAM
The Journal of Rheumatology May 2020, 47 (5) 639-642; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200334
RANDY Q. CRON
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology;
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University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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