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Regulation of surfactant secretion in alveolar type II cells

Alexandra V Andreeva1, Mikhail A Kutuzov, Tatyana A Voyno-Yasenetskaya

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Chicago, IL, USA.

American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
|May 15, 2007
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