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Research Articles

Characterisation of mesenchymal stem cells conditioned media obtained at different conditioning times: their effect on glial cells in in vitro scratch model

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Pages 57-70 | Received 08 Aug 2022, Accepted 07 Feb 2023, Published online: 24 Feb 2023

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