Role and function of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells

Liver Immunology: Principles and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 25-39

  Knolle, Percy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-518-3_3     Document Type: Chapter

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