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Review
. 2001 Apr;107(7):795-6.
doi: 10.1172/JCI12634.

DR, DQ, and you: MHC alleles and autoimmunity

G Sønderstrup  1 , H O McDevitt
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Review

DR, DQ, and you: MHC alleles and autoimmunity

G Sønderstrup et al. J Clin Invest. 2001 Apr.
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