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Functional Assessment of Intestinal Motility and Gut Wall Inflammation in Rodents: Analyses in a Standardized Model of Intestinal Manipulation
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[Bioelectrical activity of the gastrointestinal tract in acute intestinal obstruction]

D M Krasil'nikov, M M Minnullin, A Z Farrakhov

    Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova
    |May 18, 2004
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