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Changes in peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in patients undergoing radiotherapy

H. LOUAGIE, M. VAN EIJKEREN, J. PHILIPPE, H. THIERENS, L. de RIDDER Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Histology, Section Histology, L. Pasteurlaan 2, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
Pages 767-771 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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