Inhibition of eosinophilia in vivo by a small molecule inhibitor of very late antigen (VLA)-4
✍ Scribed by Hiromi Okigami; Keisuke Takeshita; Masaomi Tajimi; Hiroshi Komura; Markus Albers; Thomas E. Lehmann; Thomas Rölle; Kevin B. Bacon
- Book ID
- 113586653
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 501 KB
- Volume
- 559
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2999
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