Hepatocyte growth factor gene therapy of liver cirrhosis in rats
โ Scribed by Fujimoto, Jiro; Ueki, Takahiro; Kaneda, Yasufumi; Tsutsui, Hiroko; Nakanishi, Kenji; Sawa, Yoshiki; Morishita, Ryuichi; Matsumoto, Kunio; Nakamura, Toshikazu; Takahashi, Hiroshi; Okamoto, Eizo
- Book ID
- 109826713
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 316 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-8956
- DOI
- 10.1038/5593
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