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Potential applications of green prescription of Chinese medicine in rheumatoid arthritis
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1 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou,
China
EJMO, 025100049 https://doi.org/10.36922/EJMO025100049
Received: 8 March 2025 | Accepted: 11 March 2025 | Published online: 27 March 2025
© 2025 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
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The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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