Immunosuppression induced by pteridium aquilinum facilitates the development of lung carcinogenesis

Poisoning by Plants, Mycotoxins, and Related Toxins

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 396-401

  Caniceiro, B D ^a   Latorre, A O ^a   Fukumasu, H ^a   Haraguchi, M ^b   Gorniak S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

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