Stellate Cell Contraction: Role, Regulation, and Potential Therapeutic Target
- 30 November 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Clinics in Liver Disease
- Vol. 12 (4), 791-803
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cld.2008.07.004
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