Attenuated liver fibrosis in the absence of B cells.

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Published in J Clin Invest on November 01, 2005

Authors

Tatiana I Novobrantseva1, Gerard R Majeau, Aldo Amatucci, Sophia Kogan, Ian Brenner, Stefano Casola, Mark J Shlomchik, Victor Koteliansky, Paula S Hochman, Alexander Ibraghimov

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1: Immunology Department, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA. Tatiana.Novobrantseva@biogenidec.com

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