Molecular Mechanisms of Lung Development and Lung Branching Morphogenesis

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology: Third Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2003, Pages 812-821

  van Tuyl, Minke ^a   Post, Martin ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9654-6.50082-5     Document Type: Chapter

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