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Primary biliary cirrhosis: Nature of autoantigens

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Bassendine, M.F., Yeaman, S.J. Primary biliary cirrhosis: Nature of autoantigens. Springer Semin Immunopathol 12, 73–83 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192684

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