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Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein/thrombospondin-5 (COMP/TSP-5) levels do not correlate to functional class in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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  1. Rheumatology Department, São Lucas Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Pontiphical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Fernanda Duarte Andrade, Ana Lígia Bender, Inês Guimarães da Silveira, Helga Stein, Carlos Alberto von Mühlen & Henrique Luiz Staub

  2. Rheumatology Department, Sao Lucas Hospital of PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6690/220, CEP 90610-000, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Henrique Luiz Staub

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Andrade, F.D., Bender, A.L., da Silveira, I.G. et al. Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein/thrombospondin-5 (COMP/TSP-5) levels do not correlate to functional class in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 28, 1441–1442 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-009-1255-3

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