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Frank Roels1, Marina Pauwels1, Alfons Cornelis1

  • 1Menselijki Anatomie (F.R.; M.P.; A.C.; I.K.; P. v.d.S.), Gastroenterologie. Akademisch Ziekenhuis (G.G.), and Patologische Ontleedkunde (J.V.), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1090 Brussels, Belgium; Gastroenterologie (J.V.). Rijksuniversiteit Gent: and Department of Pathology and Liver Research Center (S.G.), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461 (OA 82-287P2).

The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry : Official Journal of the Histochemistry Society
|January 6, 2017
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CatalaseCholestasisCirrhosisHuman liverMalignancy.Peroxisomes

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