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Autors principals: Melrose, James, Fuller, Emily S, Roughley, Peter J, Smith, Margaret M, Kerr, Briedgeen, Hughes, Clare E, Caterson, Bruce, Little, Christopher B
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: BioMed Central 2008
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575625/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18620607
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2453
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