Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 547-558 , August 2007

Prevention of Autoimmune Gastritis in Mice Requires Extra-Thymic T-Cell Deletion and Suppression by Regulatory T Cells

Received 24 May 2006 ,Accepted 10 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.05.050

Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 547-558 , August 2007

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