Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 247-254 , December 2009

The Epithelial Gatekeeper Against Food Allergy

  • Linda Chia-Hui Yu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Graduate Institute of Physiology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 1 Jen-Ai Road, Section 1, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 14 May 2009 ,Revised 27 July 2009 ,Accepted 29 July 2009.

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Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 247-254 , December 2009

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