Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1347-1353 , November 2009

Dichotomous Role of Interferon-γ in Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant

  • Ying Lu
    • ,
  • Edmund K. Waller

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Edmund K. Waller, MD, PhD FACP, Emory University School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, 1365C Clifton Road NE, Room C4002, Atlanta, GA 30322.

Received 6 May 2009 ,Accepted 16 July 2009.

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 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page 1351.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.07.015

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1347-1353 , November 2009

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