The Clinical Significance of IgA Antimitochondrial Antibodies in Sera and Saliva in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
โ Scribed by ATSUSHI TANAKA; SAEKO NEZU; SATOKO UEGAKI; MASAKI MIKAMI; SHUHEI OKUYAMA; NAOHIRO KAWAMURA; MITSUHIKO AISO; M. ERIC GERSHWIN; SHIN-ICHI TAKAHASHI; CARLO SELMI; HAJIME TAKIKAWA
- Book ID
- 111480842
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 1107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0890-6564
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