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Epidemiology of childhood arthritis in Switzerland

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centre Multisite Romand de Rhumatologie Pédiatrique, Départements universitaires de Pédiatrie de Lausanne et Genève, Geneve, Switzerland

    Michaël Hofer

  2. Kinderrheumatologie, Universitäts-Kinderspital, Zürich

    Traudel Saurenmann

  3. Kinderrheumatologie, Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel, Basel

    Dieter Bolz

  4. Poliklinik, Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Inselspital, Bern

    Marie-Josèphe Sauvain

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The authors are leading the pediatric rheumatology multidisciplinary clinics in the pediatric departments of the Swiss University Hospitals, Dr M. Hofer (Genève und Lausanne), Dr T. Saurenmann (Zürich), Dr D. Bolz (Basel) and Dr M.-J. Sauvain (Bern)

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Hofer, M., Saurenmann, T., Bolz, D. et al. Epidemiology of childhood arthritis in Switzerland. Soz Präventivmed 46, 285–287 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321078

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