Seminars in Hematology
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 122-130 , July 2005

Autoimmune Pathogenesis and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

  • John W. Semple

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to John W. Semple, PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8.
    • ,
  • John Freedman

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2005.04.002

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 122-130 , July 2005

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