The detailed localization pattern of Na+/K+/2Cl- cotransporter type 2 and its related ion transport system in the rat

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  • 1Dept. of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan. kakaka@med.kagawa-u.ac.jp

The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry : Official Journal of the Histochemistry Society
|May 12, 2010
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