The Structure and Function of Allergens

Middleton's Allergy: Principles and Practice: Eighth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2014, Pages 398-429

  Stewart, Geoffrey A ^a   Richardson, Jonathan P ^b   Zhang, Jihui ^b   Robinson, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-08593-9.00027-9     Document Type: Chapter

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