Unique skin immunology of the lower female genital tract with age

Textbook of Aging Skin

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 253-256

  Summers, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 84892061882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89656-2_25     Document Type: Chapter

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