Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 11 , Pages 2092-2095 , November 2009

Upregulation of Slit-2 and Slit-3 gene expressions in the nitrofen-induced hypoplastic lung

  • Takashi Doi
    • ,
  • Piotr Hajduk
    • ,
  • Prem Puri

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Children's Research Center, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin 12, Ireland. Tel.: +353 1 4096420; fax: +353 1 4550201.

Received 8 December 2008 ,Revised 10 February 2009 ,Accepted 11 February 2009.

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PII: S0022-3468(09)00148-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.068

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 11 , Pages 2092-2095 , November 2009

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