Use of cannabinoids as a novel therapeutic modality against autoimmune hepatitis.

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Published in Vitam Horm on January 01, 2009

Authors

Rupal Pandey1, Venkatesh L Hegde, Narendra P Singh, Lorne Hofseth, Uday Singh, Swapan Ray, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Prakash S Nagarkatti

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

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