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In vivo Liver Endocytosis Followed by Purification of Liver Cells by Liver Perfusion
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In vivo Liver Endocytosis Followed by Purification of Liver Cells by Liver Perfusion

Published on: November 10, 2011

[The effect of water-soluble sorbents on the exocrine function of the liver]

L S Vasilevskaia, L G Ignatenko, Ia I Lapuk

    Voprosy Pitaniia
    |July 1, 1992
    PubMed

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