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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Presence of hBD-1 and hBD-2 in human cerumen and external auditory canal skin

Yong Joo Yoon Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeon-ju, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD , MD,
Jin Woo Park Department of Biochemistry, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeon-ju, Korea
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Eun Jung Lee Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeon-ju, Korea
Pages 871-875 | Received 22 Sep 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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