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. 1997 Oct;52(10):919–923. doi: 10.1136/thx.52.10.919

Adenosine bronchoprovocation: a promising marker of allergic inflammation in asthma?

R Polosa, S T Holgate
PMCID: PMC1758427  PMID: 9404382

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