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Pharmacological modification of immunoregulatory activity of lymphocytes: Facts and potential1

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  1. Departments of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Washington University, 14871, 63178, St. Louis, MO, USA

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Supported by research grants (AI 17570, AI 20086 and CA 38353) from the US Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, DHHS.

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Polmar, S.H. Pharmacological modification of immunoregulatory activity of lymphocytes: Facts and potential1. Surv. immunol. Res. 3, 274–279 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02919043

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