Randomised, dose-ranging, placebo-controlled study of chimeric antibody to CD4 (keliximab) in chronic severe asthma

@article{Kon1998RandomisedDP,
  title={Randomised, dose-ranging, placebo-controlled study of chimeric antibody to CD4 (keliximab) in chronic severe asthma},
  author={Onn Min Kon and B. S. Sihra and Chris Compton and Thomas Brent Leonard and A. Barry Kay and Neil C Barnes},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={1998},
  volume={352},
  pages={1109-1113}
}
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