NK cells: A lesson from mismatched hematopoietic transplantation [2] (multiple letters)

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-9

  Frohn, C ^a   Brand, J M ^a   Luhm, J ^a   Velardi, Andrea ^b   Ruggeri, Loredana ^b   Moretta, Alessandro ^c   Moretta, Lorenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; LIGAND; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HLA MATCHING; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0037212981     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4906(02)00002-9     Document Type: Letter

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