Eosinophil degranulation during pregnancy and after delivery by cesarean section

Kenji Matsumoto1, Takahisa Ogasawara, Atsushi Kato

  • 1Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan. kmatsumoto@nch.go.jp

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