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Review
. 2014 Oct 31:5:540.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00540. eCollection 2014.

There's been a Flaw in Our Thinking

Clark L Anderson  1
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Review

There's been a Flaw in Our Thinking

Clark L Anderson. Front Immunol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: FcRn; IgG; albumin; transport; turnover rate.

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