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. 2019 May:237:126-128.
doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.07.058. Epub 2018 Sep 5.

Longer Life or More Life: Choose One Please

Barbara C Cahill  1 , Sanjeev Raman  2 , John R Stringham  3 , Stephen H McKellar  3 , Craig H Selzman  3 , Theodore G Liou  2
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Longer Life or More Life: Choose One Please

Barbara C Cahill et al. J Surg Res. 2019 May.
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