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Levinson, A.I., Lisak, R.P., Zweiman, B. et al. Phenotypic and functional analysis of lymphocytes in myasthenia gravis. Springer Semin Immunopathol 8, 209–233 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00197297
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