Melatonin - a pleiotropic molecule involved in pathophysiological processes following organ transplantation
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عنوان ژورنال: Immunology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0019-2805,1365-2567
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03113.x