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MicroRNA-29, a key regulator of collagen expression in systemic sclerosis

✍ Scribed by Britta Maurer; Joanna Stanczyk; Astrid Jüngel; Alfiya Akhmetshina; Michelle Trenkmann; Matthias Brock; Otylia Kowal-Bielecka; Renate E. Gay; Beat A. Michel; Jörg H. W. Distler; Steffen Gay; Oliver Distler

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
394 KB
Volume
62
Category
Article
ISSN
0004-3591

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