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S S Obernikhin1, N V Yaglova1, E P Timokhina1

  • 1Laboratory of Endocrine System Development, A. P. Avtsyn Research Institute of Human Morphology, A. P. Petrovsky Russian Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia.

Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine
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Wnt-signalingadrenal medullachromaffin cellsregenerationtranscriptional regulation

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