Preferential activation of the complement system in the lower epidermis of patients with pemphigus vulgaris
β Scribed by Lapiere; Guitart; Ettlin; Chen; Amagai; Chan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 331 KB
- Volume
- 139
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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