Psoriasis and leprosy are teaching Us T-cell plasticity

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1082-

  Levis, William R ^a   Martiniuk, Frank ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEPROSY; PSORIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

HUMANS; LEPROSY; PSORIASIS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84885444576     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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