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A new look at the carotid bodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Donald Heath*
Affiliation:
Liverpool
*
Professor Donald Heath, F.R.C. Path., Department of Pathology, Duncan Building, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool L69 3BX.

Abstract

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Type
View from beneath—Pathology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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