Seminars in Hematology
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 65-75 , April 2005

Complex interactions: The immunogenetics of human leukocyte antigen and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors

  • Paul J. Norman

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Paul J. Norman, PhD, Sherman Fairchild Building D159, 299 Campus Dr W, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5126
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  • Peter Parham

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 Supported in part by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Lymphoma Research Foundation (P.J.N.) and a grant awarded by the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Society of the USA.

PII: S0037-1963(05)00011-9

doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2005.01.007

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 65-75 , April 2005

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