Footmarks of innate immunity in the ovary and cytokeratin-positive cells as potential dendritic cells

Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology

Volumn 209, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-126

  Spanel Borowski, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 78649596648     PISSN: 03015556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16077-6_1     Document Type: Article

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