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Original Research

IL-15, TIM-3 and NK cells subsets predict responsiveness to anti-CTLA-4 treatment in melanoma patients

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Article: e1261242 | Received 23 Sep 2016, Accepted 09 Nov 2016, Published online: 03 Feb 2017

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