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. 1999 Apr;44(4):443–446. doi: 10.1136/gut.44.4.443

What keeps hepatocytes on the straight and narrow? Maintaining differentiated function in the liver

C SELDEN 1, M KHALIL 1, H HODGSON 1
PMCID: PMC1727463  PMID: 10075941

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