Expression of the apoptosis accelerator Bax in rheumatoid arthritis synovium
✍ Scribed by Insa Hilbers; Torsten Hansen; Peter K. Petrow; Andreas Gaumann; Rolf Bräuer; Günther Salzmann; Renate E. Gay; Hartwig Kosmehl; James C. Kirkpatrick; Steffen Gay; Jörg Kriegsmann
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 393 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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