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. 2002 Dec;61(12):1039–1040. doi: 10.1136/ard.61.12.1039

Microchimerism in Sjögren's syndrome

R Giacomelli 1, M Matucci-Cerinic 1, S Bombardieri 1
PMCID: PMC1753957  PMID: 12429531

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