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Esophageal tissue engineering

Guillaume LucDepartment of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital Haut-Lévêque, Av de Magellan, 33604 Pessac cedex, France;Centre d’investigation Clinique innovations technologiques, PTIB University Hospital Xavier Arnozan, Av du Haut Lévêque, 33600 Pessac, France
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Marlène DurandCentre d’investigation Clinique innovations technologiques, PTIB University Hospital Xavier Arnozan, Av du Haut Lévêque, 33600 Pessac, France
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Denis ColletDepartment of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital Haut-Lévêque, Av de Magellan, 33604 Pessac cedex, France
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Fabien GuillemotINSERM, U1026, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Léo-Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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Laurence BordenaveCentre d’investigation Clinique innovations technologiques, PTIB University Hospital Xavier Arnozan, Av du Haut Lévêque, 33600 Pessac, France;INSERM, U1026, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Léo-Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 225-241 | Published online: 06 Jan 2014

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