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Depletion of Specific Cell Populations by Complement Depletion
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Reply to Correspondence on: 'Effects of different B-cell-depleting strategies on the lymphatic tissue'
Carlo Tur1, Markus Eckstein2, Simon Rauber3
1Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Division of Rheumatology-Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
|January 15, 2026
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