Bronchial asthma – from psychosomatic illness to proinflammatory cytokines and asthma phenotypes

Slobodan Aćimović

doi:10.2298/VSP1705399A

Slobodan Aćimović Clinic for Lung Diseases, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP1705399A

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