The immune system in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Friend or foe.

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Published in Rare Dis on February 23, 2015

Authors

S Armando Villalta1, Amy S Rosenberg2, Jeffrey A Bluestone3

Author Affiliations

1: Diabetes Center; University of California, San Francisco ; San Francisco, CA USA.
2: US Food and Drug Administration; Division of Therapeutic Proteins ; Silver Spring, MD USA.
3: Diabetes Center; University of California, San Francisco ; San Francisco, CA USA ; Department of Medicine; University of California, San Francisco ; San Francisco, CA USA.

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