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Original Article

Sera from Jra Patients Contain Antibodies Against a Defined Epitope in Chromosomal Protein HmG-17

Gunter Neuer From the Institute of Molecular Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Friedlinde A. Bautz From the Institute of Molecular Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Michael Bustin The National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA
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Hartmut Michels The Rheumatic Children's Hospital, Gehfeldstraβe 24, 82467, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Hans Truckenbrodt The Rheumatic Children's Hospital, Gehfeldstraβe 24, 82467, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Federal Republic of Germany
Pages 23-30 | Received 27 Sep 1993, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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