Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 518-529 , May 2006

Immune Tolerance to Self-Major Histocompatability Complex Class II Antigens after Bone Marrow Transplantation: Role of Regulatory T Cells

  • Allan D. Hess

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Allan D. Hess, PhD, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University, 1650 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21231
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  • Christopher J. Thoburn

Received 12 August 2005 ,Accepted 12 January 2006.

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PII: S1083-8791(06)00069-3

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.01.007

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 518-529 , May 2006

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