Are There Any Epigenetic Similarities Between Treatment Unresponsive Sarcoidosis, COPD and Severe Asthma?
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1 Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Division of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 3 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center and National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran 4 Department of Infectious Diseases, Mycobacteriology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 5 Airways Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Iranian journal of allergy, asthma, and immunology
دوره 14 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015