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Comment
. 2016 Dec;100(12):2490-2491.
doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001490.

Getting Down and Dirty: Germ-Exposed Laboratory Mice as a Model of the Adult Human Immune System

Roger Tieu  1 , Fadi G Lakkis, Martin H Oberbarnscheidt
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Getting Down and Dirty: Germ-Exposed Laboratory Mice as a Model of the Adult Human Immune System

Roger Tieu et al. Transplantation. 2016 Dec.
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