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Original Article

Surface infrastructure of the Small Intestine Mucosa in Healthy Children and Adults: A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study with Some Methodological Aspects

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Pages 131-140 | Accepted 16 Nov 1983, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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