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Collagen metabolism in the liver

An annotated and supplemented report of a workshop at the National Institutes of Health on February 28 and March 1, 1977

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Popper, H., Piez, K.A. Collagen metabolism in the liver. Digest Dis Sci 23, 641–659 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01072600

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