Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on December 01, 2007
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A novel PPAR gamma gene therapy to control inflammation associated with inflammatory bowel disease in a murine model. Gastroenterology (2003) 1.91
Age and preoperative total bilirubin level can stratify prognosis after extracorporeal pulsatile left ventricular assist device implantation. Circ J (2010) 1.91
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Angiotensin II-induced regulation of the expression and localization of iron metabolism-related genes in the rat kidney. Hypertens Res (2007) 1.44
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