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The hippocratic finger points the blame at PGE2

Nature Genetics volume 40, pages 691–692 (2008)Cite this article

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  1. Kenneth G. Coggins is in the Department of Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina 28203, USA.,

    Kenneth G Coggins

  2. Thomas M. Coffman is in the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, North Carolina 27710, USA.,

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  3. Beverly H. Koller is in the Departments of Genetics and Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. treawouns@aol.com,

    Beverly H Koller

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