Progress of immune checkpoint LAG‑3 in immunotherapy (Review)
- Authors:
- Chanchan Shan
- Xing Li
- Jian Zhang
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Affiliations: Department of Cardiology, Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, P.R. China, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, P.R. China - Published online on: September 8, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2020.12070
- Article Number: 207
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