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Wildrick, D.M., Roll, R., Lointier, P. et al. Isolation of normal human colonic mucosa: Comparison of methods. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 33, 18–27 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-997-0017-2
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