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The PAX5 gene: a linkage and mutation analysis in candidate human primary immunodeficiencies

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Vořechovský, I., Koskinen, S., Paganelli, R. et al. The PAX5 gene: a linkage and mutation analysis in candidate human primary immunodeficiencies. Immunogenetics 42, 149–152 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178590

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