Specificity of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies for proteinase 3 [letter; comment]
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v75.11.2263.bloodjournal75112263