Porcine islet isolation: prospective comparison of automated and manual methods of pancreatic collagenase digestion.

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Published in Br J Surg on February 01, 1993

Authors

P Toomey1, D R Chadwick, H Contractor, P R Bell, R F James, N J London

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.

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