Recombinant soluble interleukin-4 (IL-4) receptor acts as an antagonist of IL-4 in murine cutaneous Leishmaniasis
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.10.4112-4117.1994