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ORIGINAL ARTICLES Clinical Translational Therapeutics

Expression Profile of Human Beta-Defensin 3 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Marco Rainer Kesting Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Denys John Loeffelbein Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Rafael Johannes Hasler Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Klaus-Dietrich Wolff Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany
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Andrea Rittig Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn Unit, BG-Universitätsklinikum “Bergmannsheil,”, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Matthias Schulte Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn Unit, BG-Universitätsklinikum “Bergmannsheil,”, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Tobias Hirsch Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn Unit, BG-Universitätsklinikum “Bergmannsheil,”, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Stefan Wagenpfeil Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Technische Universität München, Germany
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Frank Jacobsen Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn Unit, BG-Universitätsklinikum “Bergmannsheil,”, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Lars Steinstraesser Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn Unit, BG-Universitätsklinikum “Bergmannsheil,”, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Pages 575-581 | Published online: 20 Jul 2009

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