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The cytokine network in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus and possible therapeutic implications

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Horwitz, D.A., Jacob, C.O. The cytokine network in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus and possible therapeutic implications. Springer Semin Immunopathol 16, 181–200 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00197516

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