Matrix metalloproteinases in destructive pulmonary pathology
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Matrix metalloproteinases in destructive pulmonary pathology.
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.051979