Human complement regulator expression by the normal female reproductive tract
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عنوان ژورنال: The Anatomical Record
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0003-276X,1097-0185
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0185(199609)246:1<78::aid-ar9>3.3.co;2-b