Tissue cytokine and chemokine expression in inflammatory bowel disease
✍ Scribed by G. McCormack; D. Moriarty; D. P. O'Donoghue; P. A. McCormick; K. Sheahan; A. W. Baird
- Publisher
- SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 216 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1420-908X
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