Cytokines and nitric oxide as effector molecules against parasitic infections

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1359, 1997, Pages 1311-1315

  Liew, Foo Y ^a   Wei, Xiao Qing ^a   Proudfoot, Lorna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031590302     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0115     Document Type: Article

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