Atherosclerosis: Autoimmunity to Heat-Shock Proteins

The Autoimmune Diseases, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 889,XXXIV-897,XXXIV

  Wick, George ^a   Henderson, Blair ^a   Knoflach, Michael ^b   Mayr, Agnes ^c   Bernhard, David ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b University Hospital for Neuroradiology   (Austria)

^c BRUNECK HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012595961-2/50067-6     Document Type: Chapter

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