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Research Article

Detection of Mucin Gene Expression in Normal Rat Middle Ear Mucosa by Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction

Y.P. Chen, H.H. Tong, M.A. James, T.F. Demaria Division of Otologic Research, Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
Pages 45-51 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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