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Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2023



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2022;33(3):371-4
Postgenomic Bioinformatic Analysis of Nucleic Acid Sequences Expressed in the Salivary Gland Epithelial Cells of Primary Sjögren's Syndrome Patients in Search of Microorganisms and Endogenous Retroviruses
Authors Information

1Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

2 Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

3 Department of Hygiene Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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