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Research Article

Functional Relevance of Activin A in the Intestinal Epithelium

A. U. Dignass
,
S. Jung
,
J. Harder-d'Heureuse
&
B. Wiedenmann
Pages 936-943 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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