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. 1995 Jan;54(1):6–16. doi: 10.1136/ard.54.1.6

Sex hormones, glucocorticoids and autoimmunity: facts and hypotheses.

J A Da Silva 1
PMCID: PMC1005500  PMID: 7880125

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