The liver as an immune organ

Clinical Hepatology: Principles and Practice of Hepatobiliary Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 141-152

  Dancygier, Henryk ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84865297175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-93842-2_11     Document Type: Chapter

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