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Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2024



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(1):37-43
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Cost of Illness, Quality of Life, and Work Productivity in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients Receiving Biological Treatments in Greece
Nikolaos Kougkas1, Charalambos Mylonas2, Nestor Avgoustidis3, Irini Flouri3, Prodromos Sidiropoulos3, Theodoros Dimitroulas1, Alexandros Garyfallos1
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  1. Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
  2. National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
  3. Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece

N Kougkas, N Avgoustidis, I Flouri, P Sidiropoulos, T Dimitroulas, A Garyfallos

Keywords: cost of illness, quality of life, work productivity, axial spondyloarthritis, biological treatments in Greece
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