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Peripheral ulcerative keratitis: a serious complication of rheumatoid arthritis

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  1. Rheumatology Service of Hospital Santa Izabel/Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, Brazil

    Bruno L. Silva, Verena Galvão & Mittermayer B. Santiago

  2. Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

    Juliana B. Cardozo

  3. Ophthalmology Service of Hospital Universitário Edgar Santos, Salvador, Brazil

    Patrícia Marback & Felipe Carrhá Machado

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Silva, B.L., Cardozo, J.B., Marback, P. et al. Peripheral ulcerative keratitis: a serious complication of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int 30, 1267–1268 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-009-1161-7

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