Humoral immune response to HTLV-1 basic leucine zipper factor (HBZ) in HTLV-1-infected individuals
β Scribed by Enose-Akahata, Yoshimi; Abrams, Anna; Massoud, Raya; Bialuk, Izabela; Johnson, Kory R; Green, Patrick L; Maloney, Elizabeth M; Jacobson, Steven
- Book ID
- 121575530
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 75 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1742-4690
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