Functional tolerance for prevention of Type 1 diabetes
โ Scribed by Baxter, Alan G. ;Poulton, Lynn D.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0742-4221
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โฆ Synopsis
Immunological tolerance is defined as the antigen-specific absence of an immune
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