Heterogeneous clinical characteristics of identical twins concordant for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A report of one pair of twins

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 224-227

  Chen, Wei Teing ^a   Chang, Deh Ming ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lupus; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TWINS;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 28144446873     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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