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Bioimpacts. 2018;8(3): 177-183. doi: 10.15171/bi.2018.20
PMID: 30211077        PMCID: PMC6128973

Original Research

Altered levels of immune-regulatory microRNAs in plasma samples of patients with lupus nephritis

Sepideh Zununi Vahed 1, Mohammadreza Nakhjavani 2, Jalal Etemadi 1, Henghame Jamshidi 1, Nima Jadidian 1, Tala Pourlak 1, Sima Abediazar *

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