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Original Article

Self Reactive Repertoire of Tight Skin Mouse: Immunochemical and Molecular Characterization of Anti-Topoisomerase I Autoantibodies

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Pages 109-117 | Received 29 Nov 1990, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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