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Abbreviations

ELISA:

enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

kDa:

kilodalton

mAb:

monoclonal antibody

PBS:

phosphate buffered saline

snRNP:

small nuclear ribonucleoprotein

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Hoch, S.O. (1996). The Sm antigens. In: van Venrooij, W.J., Maini, R.N. (eds) Manual of Biological Markers of Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1670-1_20

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