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    G. Majno, Monika La Gattuta &  T. E. Thompson

  2. Department of Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, Boston

    G. Majno, Monika La Gattuta &  T. E. Thompson

  3. Department of Physiological Chemistry, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    T. E. Thompson

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Majno, G., La Gattuta, M. & Thompson, T.E. Cellular death and necrosis: Chemical, physical and morphologic changes in rat liver. Virchows Arch. path Anat. 333, 421–465 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00955327

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