Myocardial injury and its healing process in experimental coxsackie B3 virus myocarditis in mice
β Scribed by K. Kawamura; H. Deguchi; H. Morita; Y. Kitaura; S. Yamamoto; T. Takatsu
- Book ID
- 118914396
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2828
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