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Alessandro Trentini1, Francesca Murganti2,3, Valentina Rosta4

  • 1Section of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Biomedical and Specialist Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy. alessandro.trentini@unife.it.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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PubMed

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ChemotaxisHydroxyethyl StarchIL-8NeutrophilfMLPintegrinvolume replacement solutions

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