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Original Article

A Quantitative Assay for the Adhesion of Alveolar Type II Cells: Application to the Study of Epithelial-Fibroblast Interactions

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Pages 363-370 | Received 01 May 1986, Accepted 22 Sep 1986, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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