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. 2000 Jul;47(1):16–17. doi: 10.1136/gut.47.1.16

Antimicrobial peptides in innate intestinal host defence

R CUNLIFFE 1, Y MAHIDA 1
PMCID: PMC1727972  PMID: 10861257

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