NCR1 and NCR3 Expression and Genetic Polymorphism are Associated with CMV Infection after Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
By: Sylwia Biały, Piotr Łacina, Jagoda Siemaszko, Donata Szymczak, Agnieszka Szeremet, Maciej Majcherek, Anna Czyż, Małgorzata Sobczyk-Kruszelnicka, Wojciech Fidyk, Iwona Solarska, Barbara Nasiłowska-Adamska, Patrycja Skowrońska, Maria Bieniaszewska, Agnieszka Tomaszewska, Grzegorz W. Basak, Sebastian Giebel, Tomasz Wróbel and Katarzyna Bogunia-Kubik
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