Cytokine levels in the sera of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
β Scribed by Pelagia G. Tsoutsou; Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis; Efthymia Petinaki; Anastassios Germenis; Anthousa G. Tsoutsou; Maria Mpaka; Smaragda Efremidou; Pashalis-Adam Molyvdas
- Book ID
- 116871411
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Volume
- 100
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0954-6111
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