Sex hormones and regulation of host responses against parasites

Sex Hormones and Immunity to Infection

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 147-186

  Alexander, James ^a   Irving, Karen ^b   Snider, Heidi ^b   Satoskar, Abhay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02155-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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