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Original Article

Increased circulating follicular regulatory T cells in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

Jiwei ZhaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Sian International Hospital, Jiaxing, China; View further author information
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Yanxia ChenDepartment of Rheumatology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China; View further author information
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Zhenyao XuInstitute of Translational Medcine, Shanghai Institute of Immunology Center for Microbiota & Immune Related Diseases, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; View further author information
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Wei YangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China; View further author information
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Zhongliang ZhuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China; View further author information
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Yingxiang SongDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China; View further author information
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Jinlin LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China; ;Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 345-351 | Received 31 Mar 2018, Accepted 23 Aug 2018, Published online: 20 Oct 2018

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