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Comment
. 2013 Jan-Feb;20(1):2-4.
doi: 10.1111/xen.12017. Epub 2013 Jan 9.

Limitations of the pig-to-non-human primate islet transplantation model

Martin Wijkstrom  1 , Rita Bottino, David K C Cooper
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Limitations of the pig-to-non-human primate islet transplantation model

Martin Wijkstrom et al. Xenotransplantation. 2013 Jan-Feb.
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