Interstitial cells of Cajal, from structure to function
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1 Department of Medicine, Farncombe Family Intestinal Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada 2 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Wuhan University Institute of Digestive and Liver diseases, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China 3 Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark *Correspondence: [email protected]
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دوره 7 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2013