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An amateur badminton player with juvenile dermatomyositis: courage and questions
  1. L Özçakar,
  2. R Topaloglu
  1. Hacettepe University Medical School, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara 06100, Turkey
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Özcakar
 Hacettepe Univesity Medical School, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara 06100, Turkey; lozcakaryahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.37.6.560-a

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