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Original Article

Ultrastructure of the Nonciliated Bronchiolar Epithelial (Clara) Cell of Mammalian Lung. III. A Study of Man with Comparison of 15 Mammalian Species

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Pages 171-180 | Received 22 Oct 1979, Accepted 30 Jan 1980, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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