Increased regulatory and decreased CD8+ cytotoxic T cells in the blood of patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Published in Respiration on November 20, 2007

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Silvia Ulrich1, Mark R Nicolls, Laima Taraseviciene, Rudolf Speich, Norbert Voelkel

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1: University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, Colo., USA.

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