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The role of cis-urocanic acid in UVB-induced suppression of contact hypersensitivity

✍ Scribed by Seiji Kondo; Daniel N. Sauder; Roderick C. McKenzie; Hiroshi Fujisawa; Gulnar M. Shivji; Ali El-Ghorr; Mary Norval

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Weight: 515 KB
Volume: 48
Category: Article
ISSN: 0165-2478
DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(95)02462-x

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