Toll-Like Receptors and Itch

ITCH: Mechanisms and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 257-269

  Liu, Tong ^a   Ji, Ru Rong ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85137441335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b16573-18     Document Type: Chapter

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