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J Nephropathol. 2016;5(1): 28-33. doi: 10.15171/jnp.2016.05
PMID: 27047807        PMCID: PMC4790184

Original Article

Correlation of plasma interleukin-18 concentration and severity of renal involvement and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

Mohammad Reza Jafari-Nakhjavani 1, Sima Abedi-Azar 2 * , Babak Nejati 1

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