On the significance of Surfactant Protein-A within the human lungs

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Goldmann, Torsten ^a   Kähler, Daniel ^a   Schultz, Holger ^a   Abdullah, Mahdi ^a   Lang, Dagmar S ^a   Stellmacher, Florian ^a   Vollmer, Ekkehard ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

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EID: 63849087567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-4-8     Document Type: Article

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