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Neuroimmunology of the Skin

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Metze, D. (2009). Neuroanatomy of the Skin. In: Granstein, R.D., Luger, T.A. (eds) Neuroimmunology of the Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35989-0_1

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