Published in Transplantation on August 27, 2007
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Depletion of alveolar macrophages by clodronate-liposomes aggravates ischemia-reperfusion injury of the lung. J Heart Lung Transplant (2005) 0.96
Local stimulation of articular cartilage repair by transplantation of encapsulated chondrocytes overexpressing human fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) in vivo. J Gene Med (2006) 0.96
The R-on-T phenomenon in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Am J Cardiol (2003) 0.96
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