The role of pigment epithelium-derived factor as an adipokine in psoriasis
✍ Scribed by Hideki Nakajima; Kimiko Nakajima; Masahito Tarutani; Shigetoshi Sano
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 271 KB
- Volume
- 304
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-3696
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