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Response to Orlova et al. “Science not art: statistically sound methods for identifying subsets in multi-dimensional flow and mass cytometry data sets”

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Saeys, Y., Van Gassen, S. & Lambrecht, B. Response to Orlova et al. “Science not art: statistically sound methods for identifying subsets in multi-dimensional flow and mass cytometry data sets”. Nat Rev Immunol 18, 78 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nri.2017.151

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