Depletion of T Regulatory Cells Promotes Natural Killer Cell–Mediated Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Transplantation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0041-1337
DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000000329