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Prevention of pleural adhesions by bioactive polypeptides - a pilot study

D Åkerberg1, M Posaric-Bauden, K Isaksson

  • 1Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

International Journal of Medical Sciences
|October 24, 2013
PubMed
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Keywords:
PAI-1TGFb1.pleural adhesionspolyglutamatepolylysinepostoperative

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