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Editorial: Autoimmune diseases in childhood

Bernadete L Liphaus¹, Jocelyne Demengeot², Magda Carneiro-Sampaio¹

¹Laboratory of Medical Investigation, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de SãoPaulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Frontiers in Immunology

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autoimmune diseases childhood early-onset inborn errors of immunity (IEI)next-generation sequencing (NGS)

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