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Cohen, A.D., Wolchok, J.D. (2007). DNA Vaccines Against Cancer. In: Kaufman, H.L., Wolchok, J.D. (eds) General Principles of Tumor Immunotherapy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6087-8_9

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