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Original Article

Expression of c-myc, c-myb, and c-sis in Fibroblasts from Affected and Unaffected Skin of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

Carol A. Feghali Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261
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Dennis W. Boulware Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 35294
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John A. Ferriss Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Laura S. Levy Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
Pages 167-171 | Received 13 Aug 1993, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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