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Autores principales: Melrose, James, Fuller, Emily S, Roughley, Peter J, Smith, Margaret M, Kerr, Briedgeen, Hughes, Clare E, Caterson, Bruce, Little, Christopher B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18620607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2453

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18620607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2453

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