New epitopes and function of anti-M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antibodies in patients with Sjögren's syndrome
✍ Scribed by H. Tsuboi; I. Matsumoto; E. Wakamatsu; Y. Nakamura; M. Iizuka; T. Hayashi; D. Goto; S. Ito; T. Sumida
- Book ID
- 108701237
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 380 KB
- Volume
- 162
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9104
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