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Upregulation of cytokines and IL-17 in patients with hereditary angioedema

  • Francesco Arcoleo , Marilisa Salemi , Antonio La Porta , Valentina Selvaggio , Vitalba Mandalà , Vito Muggeo , Gabriella Misiano , Salvatore Milano , Giuseppina Colonna Romano and Enrico Cillari EMAIL logo

Corresponding author: Enrico Cillari, Department of Clinical Pathology, Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy, E-mail:
aPatologia Clinica Presidio Ospedaliero V. Cervello, Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy (until March 2010).

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Received: 2013-11-24
Accepted: 2013-11-25
Published Online: 2014-1-8
Published in Print: 2014-5-1

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