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Oxidative inactivation of alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor by alveolar epithelial type II cells

B Wallaert1, C Aerts, B Gressier

  • 1Laboratoire de Pathologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et de Pollution Atmosphérique, Contrat Jeune Formation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale 90-06, Lille, France.

Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
|December 1, 1993
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