Abstract：
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Breitinger U,Farag NS,Ali NKM,Breitinger HAdoi
10.1016/j.bpj.2016.04.018subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-06-07 00:00:00pages
2419-2429issue
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0006-3495issn
1542-0086pii
S0006-3495(16)30213-2journal_volume
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