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Stephens, H.A.F., Sakkas, L.I., Vaughan, R.W. et al. HLA-DQw7 is a disease severity marker in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Immunogenetics 30, 119–122 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02421540
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