Profibrotic implication of platelet-activating factor in tuberculous pleural effusion

C. Chung (Taipei, Taiwan), M. Chen (Taipei, Taiwan), J. Tsai (Taipei, Taiwan), C. Hsieh (Taipei, Taiwan)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Translational therapeutic advances
Session: Translational therapeutic advances
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 3356
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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