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Int J Mol Medjournal_title
International journal of molecular medicineauthors
Motaghed M,Al-Hassan FM,Hamid SSdoi
10.3892/ijmm.2013.1563subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-01-01 00:00:00pages
8-16issue
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1107-3756issn
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33pub_type
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