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Serum levels of anti-SRP54 antibodies reflect disease activity of necrotizing myopathy in a child treated effectively with combinatorial methylprednisolone pulses and plasma exchanges followed by intravenous cyclophosphamide

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Pages 529-531 | Received 01 Jun 2012, Accepted 22 Oct 2012, Published online: 07 Feb 2014

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