The Immune Response to Hepatitis B Vaccine in Humans: Inheritance Patterns in Families By Margot S. KruskaU,*~ Chester A. Alper,*$ Zuheir Awdeh,*
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From the *Center for Blood Research, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; the ~Departments of Pathology and Medicine, the Charles A. Dana Research Institute and the Harvard Thorndike Laboratory, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215; the SDepartment of Medicine, Children's Hospital; the IIDepartment of Immunogenetics, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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تاریخ انتشار 2003