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Codrina Ancuta<sup>1</sup> \*, Claudia Mihailov<sup>2</sup> and Eugen Ancuta<sup>3</sup>

\*Address all correspondence to: codrina\_ancuta@yahoo.com

1 2nd Rheumatology Department, Clinical Rehabilitation Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T Popa", Iasi, Romania

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2 2nd Medical Department, Clinical CF Hospital of Constanta, Faculty of Medicine, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, Romania

3 "Elena Doamna" Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania
