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Can DNA Predict Mortality After Trauma?
Link ID 1630
Title Can DNA Predict Mortality After Trauma?
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/565375?src=rss
Description Commentary on a study on mitochondrial DNA and survival after trauma published September 2007 in the Annals of Surgery.
Medscape General Surgery
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date Dec 16, 2007
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