Nerve growth factor: Basic findings and clinical trials

Biomedical Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-14

  Aloe, Luigi ^a   Micera, Alessandra ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0010984601     PISSN: 1310392X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14748/bmr.v10.2     Document Type: Article

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