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Thromb Haemost 1976; 36(02): 489-492
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648066
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Fibre Inadequately Replaced by Cellulose or other Forms of Roughage in Animal Experimental Diets

Hugh Trowell
1   Formerly Makerere University and Mulago Hospital, Uganda. Present address, Woodgreen, Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP 6 2 AZ, England
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