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Antinuclear antibody status and risk of death in children and adolescents

I-J ChouDivisions of Paediatric General Medicine, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital (CGCH) and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH), Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan;Divisions of Paediatric Neurology, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital (CGCH) and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH), Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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C-F KuoGraduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan;Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, CGMH, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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L-C SeeBiostatistics Consulting Centre, Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan;Biostatistics Core Laboratory, Molecular Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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S-H HsiaDivision of Paediatric Critical Care, CGCH and CGMH, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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K-H YuDivision of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, CGMH, Taoyuan, Taiwan;Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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S-F LuoDivision of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, CGMH, Taoyuan, Taiwan;Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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C-T WuDivisions of Paediatric General Medicine, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital (CGCH) and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH), Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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J-L HuangDivision of Allergy, Asthma and Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, CGCH and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected].
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Pages 472-477 | Accepted 31 May 2011, Published online: 29 Sep 2011

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