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Rheumatological rehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

John B Young*
Affiliation:
St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, UK
*
Dr JB Young, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St Luke's Hospital, Bradford BD5 0NA, UK.

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Rehabilitation
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