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Original Article

Graves' Disease Thyroid Tissue Transplants in Scid Mice: Persistent Selectivity in hTcR Va Gene Family use

S. De Riu Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
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A. Martin Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
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M. Valentine Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
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E. S. Concepcion Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
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L. D. Shultz Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbour, Maine, Supported in part by: Public Health Service grants DK28242 & DK35674from NIDDKD (to TFD) and A130389 from NIAID (to LS). TFD is the Florence and Theodore Baumritter Professor of Medicine
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T. F. Davies Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Pages 271-277 | Received 07 Jul 1994, Accepted 29 Oct 1994, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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