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TLR3 in Chronic Human Itch: A Keratinocyte-Associated Mechanism of Peripheral Itch Sensitization
Attila Gábor Szöllősi1, Ian McDonald2, Imre Lőrinc Szabó3
1Department of Dermatology, and HMC Translational Research Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; UCD Charles Institute for Dermatology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
The Journal of Investigative Dermatology
|May 27, 2019
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