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Whole blood assessment of antigen specific cellular immune response by real time quantitative PCR: a versatile monitoring and discovery tool
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| spellingShingle | Schultz-Thater, Elke, Frey, Daniel M, Margelli, Daniela, Raafat, Nermin, Feder-Mengus, Chantal, Spagnoli, Giulio C, Zajac, Paul, Journal of Translational Medicine, Whole blood assessment of antigen specific cellular immune response by real time quantitative PCR: a versatile monitoring and discovery tool, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Medicine |
| title | Whole blood assessment of antigen specific cellular immune response by real time quantitative PCR: a versatile monitoring and discovery tool |
| title_full | Whole blood assessment of antigen specific cellular immune response by real time quantitative PCR: a versatile monitoring and discovery tool |
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