The Skin as an Immunologic Organ

Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-9

  Girolomoni, Giampiero ^a   Tessari, Gianpaolo ^a   Bos, Jan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67649639141     PISSN: 15715078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-5078(05)05001-4     Document Type: Review

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