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Editorial
. 2020 Dec 14:11:621100.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.621100. eCollection 2020.

Editorial: Nomenclature - Avoiding Babylonian Speech Confusion in Present Day Immunology

Menno C van Zelm  1   2   3 , Loems Ziegler-Heitbrock  4 , Andrew M Collins  5 , Sanny K Chan  6   7 , Pablo Engel  8
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Editorial: Nomenclature - Avoiding Babylonian Speech Confusion in Present Day Immunology

Menno C van Zelm et al. Front Immunol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: B cell; C-type lectin receptor; allergen; clusters of differentiation marker; complement; cytokine; immunoglobulin gene; monocytes and dendritic cells.

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