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Arthritis as a presenting symptom in a hypogammaglobulinemic patient with thymectomy

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ege University Medical School, 35 100, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey

    Ömür Ardeniz, Aytül Sin & Ali Kokuludağ

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

    Sezgin Vatansever

  3. Department of Immunology, Gulhane Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Uğur Musabak

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ege University Medical Faculty, İzmir, Turkey

    Kenan Aksu

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Ardeniz, Ö., Vatansever, S., Musabak, U. et al. Arthritis as a presenting symptom in a hypogammaglobulinemic patient with thymectomy. Rheumatol Int 27, 263–267 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-006-0186-4

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