A prescription for clinical immunology: the pills are available and ready for testing. A review

@article{Parker2012APF,
  title={A prescription for clinical immunology: the pills are available and ready for testing. A review},
  author={William Parker and Sarah E. Perkins and Matthew Harker and Michael P. Muehlenbein},
  journal={Current Medical Research and Opinion},
  year={2012},
  volume={28},
  pages={1193 - 1202},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:206966875}
}
It is predicted that those who will succeed in curing and preventing immune-related disease will focus on addressing ‘evolutionary mismatches’ rather than simply on the molecular and genetic underpinnings of immunological disorders.
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