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Sampling Human Indigenous Saliva Peptidome Using a Lollipop-Like Ultrafiltration Probe: Simplify and Enhance Peptide Detection for Clinical Mass Spectrometry
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Sampling Human Indigenous Saliva Peptidome Using a Lollipop-Like Ultrafiltration Probe: Simplify and Enhance Peptide Detection for Clinical Mass Spectrometry

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[Protein composition of human saliva under rest and stimulation and its changes in salivary gland diseases]

H Eichner

    Fortschritte Der Medizin
    |June 16, 1977
    PubMed

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