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. 1974 Jul;117(Pt 3):619–634.

The developing human fetal pancreas: an ultrastructural and histochemical study with special reference to exocrine cells.

M Laitio, R Lev, D Orlic
PMCID: PMC1231466  PMID: 4418855

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