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Inhibition or overactivation of AICDA to eliminate pathologic B cell clones? Comment on the article by Hsu et al
Petya Dimitrova PhD,
Petya Dimitrova PhD
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Tchavdar Vassilev MD, PhD, DSc
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Search for more papers by this author Velizar Shivarov MD,
Velizar Shivarov MD
National Hematology Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Petya Dimitrova PhD,
Petya Dimitrova PhD
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Search for more papers by this author Tchavdar Vassilev MD, PhD, DSc,
Tchavdar Vassilev MD, PhD, DSc
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Search for more papers by this author Velizar Shivarov MD,
Velizar Shivarov MD
National Hematology Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
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First published: 07 June 2011
No abstract is available for this article.
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