Hyposecretion of the adrenal androgen dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and its relation to clinical variables in inflammatory arthritis.

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Published in Arthritis Res on February 21, 2001

Authors

P H Dessein1, B I Joffe, A E Stanwix, Z Moomal

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, Johannesburg Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Dessein@elink.co.za

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