Treatment with chondroitinase ABC alleviates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis
โ Scribed by Yoshiro Kai; Hiroyuki Yoneyama; Jun Koyama; Kaoru Hamada; Hiroshi Kimura; Kouji Matsushima
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 871 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0918-4287
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