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. 1986 May;77(5):1411–1415. doi: 10.1172/JCI112451

Biology of the human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) system and a hypothesis regarding the generation of autoimmune diseases.

J L Strominger
PMCID: PMC424539  PMID: 2422206

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