Connexins in lung function and inflammation

Connexin Cell Communication Channels: Roles in the Immune System and Immunopathology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 137-156

  Chanson, Marc ^a   Koval, Michael ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b14166     Document Type: Chapter

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