A common anti-dna idiotype in sera of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis
โ Scribed by O. Sela; A. El-Roeiy; D. A. Isenberg; R. C. Kennedy; C. B. Colaco; J. Pinkhas; Y. Shoenfeld
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 625 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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