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Construction and Characterization of a Single-chain Antibody Fragment Derived from Thymus of a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis

Fanping Meng Department of Neurology, Maastricht Brain and Behaviour Institute, University of Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Maurice H.W. Stassen Department of Neurology, Maastricht Brain and Behaviour Institute, University of Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Stefan Schillberg Department of Neurology, Maastricht Brain and Behaviour Institute, University of Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Fraunhofer Department for Molecular Biotechnology, IUCT, Grafschaft, Auf dem Aberg 1, 57392 Schmallenberg, Germany
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Rainer Fischer Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Aachen, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Marc H. De Baets Department of Neurology, Maastricht Brain and Behaviour Institute, University of Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Pages 125-133 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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