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Stephens, H.A.F., McHugh, N.J., Maddison, P.J. et al. HLA class II restriction of autoantibody production in patients with systematic lupus erythematosus. Immunogenetics 33, 276–280 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00230506
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