What is an autoantibody?

Autoantibodies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-6

  Oertelt, Sabine ^a,b   Invernizzi, Pietro ^b   Podda, Mauro ^b   Gershwin, M Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 84882505621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452763-9/50005-6     Document Type: Chapter

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