High prevalence of primary biliary cirrhosis and disease-associated autoantibodies in Japanese patients with systemic sclerosis
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- Book ID
- 126348613
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 243 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-7595
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