The ANCA Test: Its Clinical Relevance

Overview

Journal Ann Rheum Dis

Specialty Rheumatology

Date 1990 Oct 1

PMID 2241260

Citations 8

Authors

G Ramirez

M A Khamashta

G R Hughes

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