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. 1996 Apr;49(2):M74–M79. doi: 10.1136/mp.49.2.m74

Nomenclature for proteins: is calprotectin a proper name for the elusive myelomonocytic protein?

M K Fagerhol 1
PMCID: PMC408025  PMID: 16696054

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