Complement-activating abilities of defined antinuclear antibodies
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Antinuclear Antibodies
knowledge of gene regulation, particularly in neoplastic cells, this deficit is striking. With our current understanding of chromosomal translocations, point mutations, and gene amplification in tumor cells, it is surprising to read that there is ". . . no difference between cancer and normal DNA . . ." (p. 130). The author spends a fair amount of time discussing possible mechanisms for the car...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780290607