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Special Focus Review

Divergent contributions of regulatory T cells to the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C

Ayssa A. Self Department of Medicine; Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Providence, RI USA
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Phyllis T. Losikoff Department of Medicine; Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Providence, RI USA
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Stephen H. Gregory Department of Medicine; Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Providence, RI USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1569-1576 | Received 24 Jan 2013, Accepted 17 Apr 2013, Published online: 31 May 2013

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