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Adult-Onset Still’s Disease

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  1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    John M. Esdaile MD, MPH (Scientific Director,Professor)

  2. Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    John M. Esdaile MD, MPH (Scientific Director,Professor)

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  1. Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA

    John H. Klippel MD (President and CEO) & Patience H. White MD, MA (Chief Public Health Officer) (President and CEO) &  (Chief Public Health Officer)

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Deputy Editor for Rheumatology UpToDate, Boston, MA, USA

    John H. Stone MD, MPH (Associate Physician) (Associate Physician)

  3. Division of Rheumatology & Women’s Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Leslie J. Crofford MD (Gloria W. Singletary Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief) (Gloria W. Singletary Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief)

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Esdaile, J.M. (2008). Adult-Onset Still’s Disease. In: Klippel, J.H., Stone, J.H., Crofford, L.J., White, P.H. (eds) Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68566-3_58

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