Special Articles
Editorial: Family Studies in the Information Age
Diane van der Woude,
Gerdur Gröndal,
Tom W. J. Huizinga,
Corresponding Author
Diane van der Woude
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, C1-40, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorGerdur Gröndal
Landspitali, University Hospital Center for Rheumatology Research, Reykjavik, Iceland
Search for more papers by this authorTom W. J. Huizinga
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorDiane van der Woude,
Gerdur Gröndal,
Tom W. J. Huizinga,
Corresponding Author
Diane van der Woude
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, C1-40, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorGerdur Gröndal
Landspitali, University Hospital Center for Rheumatology Research, Reykjavik, Iceland
Search for more papers by this authorTom W. J. Huizinga
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 29 July 2013
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