Abstract:
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journal_name
Clin Exp Immunoljournal_title
Clinical and experimental immunologyauthors
Zhou Y,Wei YR,Zhang Y,Du SS,Baughman RP,Li HPdoi
10.1111/cei.12650subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-09-01 00:00:00pages
511-7issue
3eissn
0009-9104issn
1365-2249journal_volume
181pub_type
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