Regeneration in Liver and Pancreas: Time to Cut the Umbilical Cord?
β Scribed by Dor, Y.; Stanger, B. Z.
- Book ID
- 115525785
- Publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Year
- 2007
- Weight
- 313 KB
- Volume
- 2007
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1525-8882
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