The Current Status of Surveys on Prevalence of Rheumatic Diseases in Korea

Sang-Cheol Bae

doi:10.4078/jkra.2010.17.1.1

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Bae: The Current Status of Surveys on Prevalence of Rheumatic Diseases in Korea

Original Article

J Korean Rheum Assoc 2010;17(1):1-3.

Published online: 23 March 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4078/jkra.2010.17.1.1

The Current Status of Surveys on Prevalence of Rheumatic Diseases in Korea

Sang-Cheol Bae

¹Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea

Received 23 February 20102 March 2010 Accepted 2 March 2010

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