Fatigue in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Sjogren's Syndrome: Diagnosis and Therapeutics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 129-148

  Segal, Barbara M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-947-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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