The collectins in innate immunity

Judith E. Epstein; Quentin Eichbaum; S. Sheriff; R. Alan B. Ezekowitz

doi:10.1016/s0952-7915(96)80101-4

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Year: 1996
Type: review
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Pages: 29-35
Citations: 291
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                                    Judith E. Epstein, 
                                
                                    Quentin Eichbaum, 
                                
                                    S. Sheriff
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            The collectins in innate immunity. 
                            Current Opinion in Immunology
                            , 8
                            (1)
                            , 29-35.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0952-7915(96)80101-4
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0952-7915(96)80101-4