Cytokine expression and production changes in very old age

Handbook on Immunosenescence: Basic Understanding and Clinical Applications

Volumn 9781402090639, Issue , 2009, Pages 771-781

  McNerlan, Susan E ^a   Armstrong, Marilyn ^a   Ross, Owen A ^b   Maeve Rea, I ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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EID: 80052266649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9063-9_40     Document Type: Chapter

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