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Antiapoptotic therapies in the treatment of spinal cord injury

Diana M Cittellya Department of Biochemistry, 1430 Tulane Ave, SL43, New Orleans, LA70112, USA. [email protected]
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J Regino Perez-Polob University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston 301 University Boulevard, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Galveston, TX 77555–1072, USA. [email protected]
Pages 425-434 | Published online: 20 Jun 2007

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