Alcohol
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 229-233 , July 2004

Stabilization of tumor necrosis factor-alpha mRNA in macrophages in response to chronic ethanol exposure

  • Laura E. Nagy

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Received 9 March 2004 ,Revised 23 June 2004 ,Accepted 29 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.09.002

Alcohol
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