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Homeobox genes and heart development

M J Kern1, E A Argao, S S Potter

  • 1Michael J. Kern, Eric A. Argao, and S. Steven Potter are at the Division of Basic Science Research, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039 USA.; the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0524, USA.

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine
|January 15, 2011
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