A novel, antigen-presenting function of melanocytes and its possible relationship to hypopigmentary disorders.

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Published in J Immunol on December 15, 1993

Authors

I C Le Poole1, T Mutis, R M van den Wijngaard, W Westerhof, T Ottenhoff, R R de Vries, P K Das

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam University, The Netherlands.

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