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Ref: JPMA/Acknowledgment/468/2014

Dated: October 17th, 2014

Rehan Shamim,
Dow University of Health Sciences Sindh Medical College,
Karachi, Pakistan.
Email: rehan.shamim20@hotmail.com
Titled: Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in arthralagic population presenting to a
tertiary care hospital: a cross sectional study.
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