CLINICAL SCIENCE Clinical and serological manifestations associated with interferon-a levels in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
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Mariana Postal, Nailu Angélica Sinicato, Karina Oliveira Peliçari, Roberto Marini, Lilian Tereza Lavras Costallat, Simone Appenzeller I State University of Campinas, Faculty of Medical Science, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Campinas/SP, Brazil. II State University of Campinas, Faculty of Medical Science, Postgraduate Program of Child and Adolescent Health, Campinas/ SP, Brazil. III State University of Campinas, Faculty of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Campinas/SP, Brazil.
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Clinical and serological manifestations associated with interferon-α levels in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
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