The role of microRNA in rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases

Clinical Immunology - Tập 136 - Trang 1-15 - 2010
Victoria Furer1, Jeffrey D. Greenberg1, Mukundan Attur1, Steven B. Abramson1, Michael H. Pillinger1,2
1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine/NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, USA
2Department of Medicine, NY Harbor VA Health Care System, NY Campus, USA

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