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Original Article

Ongoing Immunoglobulin Class Switch DNA Recombination in Lupus B Cells: Analysis of Switch Regulatory Regions

Shiquan Liu Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Andrea Cerutti Departments of Pathology and Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Paolo Casali The Center for Immunology, University of California, 3028 Hewitt Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-4120, USA
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Mary K. Crow Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 431-443 | Received 17 Aug 2004, Accepted 17 Aug 2004, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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