Focus Rheums| Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? (video)

An official publication of the ACR and the ARP serving rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals

Drug Updates: EULAR 2012

  |  Issue: August 2012  |  

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BSc, RPh, is a freelance medical writer based in New York City and a Clinical Pharmacist at New York Downtown Hospital.

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