Work status and productivity costs due to ankylosing spondylitis: comparison of three European countries.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on May 01, 2002

Authors

A Boonen1, D van der Heijde, R Landewé, A Spoorenberg, H Schouten, M Rutten-van Mölken, F Guillemin, M Dougados, H Mielants, K de Vlam, H van der Tempel, Sj van der Linden

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands. aboo@sint.azm.nl

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