Experimental Hematology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 202-212 , March 2010

Abnormalities of the αβ T-cell receptor repertoire in advanced myelodysplastic syndrome

  • Paulo V. Campregher

      Affiliations

    • Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash., USA
    • Drs. Campregher and Srivastava contributed equally to this work.
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  • Santosh K. Srivastava

      Affiliations

    • Program in Computational Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash., USA
    • Drs. Campregher and Srivastava contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • H. Joachim Deeg

      Affiliations

    • Program in Transplantation Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash., USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., USA
    • ,
  • Harlan S. Robins

      Affiliations

    • Program in Computational Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash., USA
    • ,
  • Edus H. Warren

      Affiliations

    • Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash., USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Edus H. Warren, M.D., Ph.D., Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, D3-100, P.O. 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024

Received 20 August 2009 ,Revised 22 November 2009 ,Accepted 15 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.12.004

Experimental Hematology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 202-212 , March 2010

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