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Original Article

Cellular Antioxidant Properties of Human Natural Killer Enhancing Factor B

Theodore A. Sarafian Department of Pathology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
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Nadla Rajper Department of Pathology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
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Bianca Grigoiuan Department of Pathology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
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Anthony Kim Department of Surgery/Oncology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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Hungyi Shau Department of Surgery/Oncology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
Pages 281-289 | Received 21 Aug 1996, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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