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Case Report: A COVID-19 Mimic

Andrea Ramirez-Gomez, MD, & Katherine Kougias Temprano, MD  |  Issue: September 2020  |  

Andrea Ramirez-Gomez, MDAndrea Ramirez-Gomez, MD, is a second-year rheumatology fellow at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

Katherine Kougias Temprano, MDKatherine Kougias Temprano, MD, is a rheumatologist with BJC Medical Group, Saint Louis.

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