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Fine specificity of the anti–citrullinated protein antibody response is influenced by the shared epitope alleles

✍ Scribed by K. N. Verpoort; K. Cheung; A. Ioan-Facsinay; A. H. M. van der Helm-van Mil; J. K. de Vries-Bouwstra; C. F. Allaart; J. W. Drijfhout; R. R. P. de Vries; F. C. Breedveld; T. W. J. Huizinga; G. J. M. Pruijn; R. E. M. Toes

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
57 KB
Volume
56
Category
Article
ISSN
0004-3591

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