Plasma or serum from patients with systemic sclerosis alters behaviour of normal erythrocytes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.44.6.395