2025
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R.
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A comprehensive review of methodologies and application to use the real-world data and analytics platform TriNetX, Frontiers in Pharmacology , Mar. 2025.
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J.
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2024
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R.
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A.
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A.
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K.
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M.
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Risk of blindness in a global cohort of patients with mucous membrane pemphigoid, Pharmacological Research , Sep. 2024.
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J.
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Reactivity against the BP180 ectodomain in patients with bullous pemphigoid, mucous membrane pemphigoid, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson disease, Experimental Dermatology , Jun. 2024.
Reactivity against the BP180 ectodomain in patients with bullous pemphigoid, mucous membrane pemphigoid, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson disease, Experimental Dermatology , Jun. 2024.
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