Perspectives: modelling the vasculitis and granulomatous tissue destruction of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA).
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Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Please address correspondence to: Prof. Stephan D. Gadola, DM, PhD, FRCP, University Hospital of Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected] Received on April 15, 2011; accepted in revised form on April 18, 2011. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2012; 30 (Suppl. 70): S1-S2. © Copyright CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY 2012.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical and experimental rheumatology
دوره 30 1 Suppl 70 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012