T-cell growth factors and the allograft response

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-24

  Li, Xian Chang ^a   Strom, Terry B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0141894661     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075200-200303000-00005     Document Type: Review

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