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In vivo Liver Endocytosis Followed by Purification of Liver Cells by Liver Perfusion
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In vivo Liver Endocytosis Followed by Purification of Liver Cells by Liver Perfusion

Published on: November 10, 2011

[Role of Kupffer cells and hepatocytes in fibrinogen catabolism]

V S Davydov, F B Subkhankulova, R I Litvinov

    Voprosy Meditsinskoi Khimii
    |July 1, 1982
    PubMed

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