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Original Article

Antinuclear Antibodies in Children with Chronic Nonspecific Complaints

Yasuhiko Itoh Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
,
Hisamitsu Hamada Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
,
Taiyo Imai Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
,
Takashi Seki Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
,
Tohru Igarashi Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
,
Kunio Yuge Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
,
Yoshitaka Fukunaga Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
&
Masao Yamamoto Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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Pages 243-250 | Received 25 Sep 1996, Accepted 20 Nov 1996, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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