Cytokine mRNA expression in steroid-naïve patients with ulcerative colitis
✍ Scribed by Trine Olsen; Jon Florholmen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 36 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
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