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Patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases have antibodies to plasmid encoded proteins of enteropathogenic Yersinia

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  1. Dept. Internal Med., Cell- and Immunbiol. Lab., Haus 30, Med. University Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-2400, Lübeck 1, FRG

    B. E. Wenzel, J. Heesemann & P. C. Scriba

  2. Institute of Med. Microbiology and Immunology, University of Hamburg, FRG

    K. W. Wenzel

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Supported by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB 232/C4, He-1297/1-4.

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Wenzel, B.E., Heesemann, J., Wenzel, K.W. et al. Patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases have antibodies to plasmid encoded proteins of enteropathogenic Yersinia. J Endocrinol Invest 11, 139–140 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03350122

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