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Induction and Monitoring of Active Delayed Type Hypersensitivity (DTH) in Rats
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Induction and Monitoring of Active Delayed Type Hypersensitivity (DTH) in Rats

Published on: July 19, 2007

[The effect of cholinergic substances on the development of delayed hypersensitivity]

P F Zabrodskiĭ, A K Myshkina

    Farmakologiia I Toksikologiia
    |July 1, 1990
    PubMed

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