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Functional disability and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

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Borman, P. Functional disability and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Rheumatol Int 24, 59–60 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-003-0377-1

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