Published in World J Surg on October 01, 1987
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A mutation in the microtubule-associated protein tau in pallido-nigro-luysian degeneration. Neurology (1999) 1.52
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Inflammatory pseudotumors of the liver: prevalence and clinical impact in surgical patients. Hepatogastroenterology (2001) 1.49
Cloning of a water channel homolog expressed in brain meningeal cells and kidney collecting duct that functions as a stilbene-sensitive glycerol transporter. J Biol Chem (1994) 1.47
An intestinal bacterial metabolite of ginseng protopanaxadiol saponins has the ability to induce apoptosis in tumor cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1998) 1.47
Successful living-related partial liver transplantation to an adult patient. Lancet (1994) 1.47