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Research Article

Effects of thymol and carvacrol on T-helper cell subset cytokines and their main transcription factors in ovalbumin-immunized mice

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Pages 729-737 | Received 20 Jan 2016, Accepted 29 Mar 2016, Published online: 14 Jul 2016

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