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Identification of a unique double-negative regulatory T-cell population
Article first published online: 4 NOV 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2011.03502.x
© 2011 The Authors. Immunology © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Lee, B. O., Jones, J. E., Peters, C. J., Whitacre, D., Frelin, L., Hughes, J., Kim, W.-K. and Milich, D. R. (2011), Identification of a unique double-negative regulatory T-cell population. Immunology, 134: 434–447. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2011.03502.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 4 NOV 2011
- Article first published online: 4 NOV 2011
- Accepted manuscript online: 2 SEP 2011 03:49AM EST
- Received 4 May 2011; revised 5 August 2011; accepted 23 August 2011.
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