The SSX family of cancer-testis antigens as target proteins for tumor therapy.

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Published in Clin Dev Immunol on October 11, 2010

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Heath A Smith1, Douglas G McNeel

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1: Departments of Medicine and Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.

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