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Special Focus Review

The effect of aging of the immune system on vaccination responses

Janet M. Lord MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research; Medawar Centre for Healthy Ageing Research; University of Birmingham; Birmingham, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1364-1367 | Received 29 Mar 2013, Accepted 29 Mar 2013, Published online: 12 Apr 2013

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