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Polymorphisms in innate immunity genes associated with development of bronchiolitis obliterans after lung

Elisabeth A Kastelijn1, Coline H M van Moorsel, Ger T Rijkers

  • 1Centre of Interstitial Lung Diseases, Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
|March 16, 2010
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