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Agalactosyl IgG and mannose-binding proteins: Biochemical nicety or pathophysiological paradigm?

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It is unclear whether modified immunoglobulins are at least partially responsible for rheumatoid arthritis (pages 237–243) or only an effect of the disease.

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