Gender Bias in Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Problem of Steroid Receptor Action?
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1 Department of Biology, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, United States, 2 Center for Rheumatic Diseases, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO, United States, 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, United States, 4 Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States, 5 Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, United States
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