Characterization of Cellular and Humoral Autoimmune Responses to Histone H1 and Core Histones in Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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  • GH Stummvoll
  • B Meyer
  • E Hoefler
  • M Aringer
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GH Stummvoll, MD, RD Fritsch, MD, B Meyer, E Hoefler, M Aringer, MD, JS Smolen, MD, and G Steiner, PhD Division of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Second Department of Medicine, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rheumatology and Balneology, Rheumatology Cluster of the Ludwig Boltzmann Society, Vienna, Austria * These authors contributed equally Present address of Martin Aringer: Clinic III, Medical Faculty “Carl Gustav Jarus” of the Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008