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Brain abscess in rheumatoid arthritis
  1. C-S Lee1,
  2. C-K Chang2
  1. 1Division of Allergy Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; and Mackay Junior College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan
  2. 2Department of Neurosurgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Chyou-Shen Lee, 5F, No 1, Alley 8, Lane 554, Pei-Ann Road, Taipei, Taiwan;
    amy{at}ms2.mmh.org.tw

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.62.7.689

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