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REVIEW ARTICLE

Desmosomes in the Heart: A Review of Clinical and Mechanistic Analyses

Dipal M. PatelDepartment of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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Kathleen J. GreenDepartment of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA;Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 109-128 | Received 11 Mar 2014, Accepted 18 Mar 2014, Published online: 23 Apr 2014

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