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Circulating level of the platelet-derived CXC chemokine platelet factor 4 in chronic urticaria patients with or without coexistent euthyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Alicja Kasperska-Zajac Medical University of Silesia, Chair and Clinical Department of Internal Diseases, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, ul. 3-go Maja 13-15, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland
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Zenon Brzoza Medical University of Silesia, Chair and Clinical Department of Internal Diseases, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, ul. 3-go Maja 13-15, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland
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Barbara Rogala Medical University of Silesia, Chair and Clinical Department of Internal Diseases, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, ul. 3-go Maja 13-15, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland
Pages 265-268 | Received 05 Nov 2005, Accepted 21 Apr 2006, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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