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[Regulation with alpha-2-antiplasmin of Glu-plasminogen activation by tissue activator on fibrin]

T V Hrynenko, M B Zadorozhna, O I Iusova

    Ukrains'Kyi Biokhimichnyi Zhurnal (1999 )
    |November 15, 2006
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