Liver stem cells

Regenerative Medicine: From Protocol to Patient

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 327-349

  Itoh, Tohru ^a   Tanakatanaka, Minoru ^a   Miyajima, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84904474756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9075-1_14     Document Type: Chapter

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