Antimicrobial peptides in intestinal inflammation, infection and cancer
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Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, The University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Corresponding author: Hon Wai Koon, Ph.D. Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, MRL 1519, 675 Charles E. Young Drive South, The University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, U.S.A. Tel: 310-825-9742 Email: [email protected]
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