Seminars in Hematology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 62-69 , January 2006

CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells and Graft-Versus-Host Disease

  • Petra Hoffmann
    • ,
  • Matthias Edinger

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Matthias Edinger, MD, Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2005.09.006

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 62-69 , January 2006

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