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Long-term aspirin desensitization has mucosal cytokine features of immune tolerance
Michael A Kohanski1, Anas Qatanani2, Cailu Lin3
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Rhinology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Allergy
|September 20, 2023
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