Editorial: bio-markers as tools for discovery of new psoriasis therapies.
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Drug Development, AstraZeneca R & D, Alderley Park, Macclesfield Cheshire, SK10 4TH, United Kingdom.
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Name: Current drug discovery technologies
ISSN: 1875-6220
Pages: 1
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22375918
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
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Work consisting of a critical or explanatory note written to discuss, support, or dispute an article or other presentation previously published. It may take the form of an article, letter, editorial, etc. It appears in publications under a variety of names: comment, commentary, editorial comment, viewpoint, etc.
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