Molecular mimicry in the pathogenesis of AIDS: The HIV/MHC/Mycoplasma triangle
- 31 December 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Medical Hypotheses
- Vol. 43 (6) , 388-396
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-9877(94)90014-0
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