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[Ultrastructural analysis of secretion-transport through the parotid duct]

H Kutta1, J May, M Jaehne

  • 1Anatomisches Institut der Universität Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Kiel. hanneskutta@gmx.de

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|April 14, 2006
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