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Distribution of lymphocyte subsets and natural killer cells in the human body

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Abbreviations

NK:

cell = natural killer cell

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Westermann, J., Pabst, R. Distribution of lymphocyte subsets and natural killer cells in the human body. Clin Investig 70, 539–544 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00184787

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