Biologic DMARD may be insufficient to inhibit CCL20 pathway in rheumatoid arthritis.

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  • Rui-Xue Leng
  • Dong-Qing Ye
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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of rheumatology

دوره 37 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010