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Enterocyte transplantation using cell-polymer devices to create intestinal epithelial-lined tubes.

Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Transplantation Proceedings (impact factor: 1). 03/1993; 25(1 Pt 2):998-1001.
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