Immunoglobulin variable region (IgV) gene expression in rheumatoid factors from monozygotic twins with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Published in Ann N Y Acad Sci on April 05, 1997

Authors

J Vencovský1, R N Maini, W E Ollier, R A Mageed

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1: Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic.

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