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Research Article

Effects of the Human Amniotic Membrane on Axonal Outgrowth of Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurons in Culture

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Pages 731-738 | Received 27 Dec 2006, Accepted 22 Jun 2007, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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