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A new Toll-road from environment to genes for rheumatic fever?

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  1. Institute for Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Dorotheenstrasse 96, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Ralf R. Schumann

  2. Pediatric Clinic, Department of Pneumology and Immunology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany

    Rolf Keitzer

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Schumann, R.R., Keitzer, R. A new Toll-road from environment to genes for rheumatic fever?. J Mol Med 83, 500–503 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109-005-0687-8

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