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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Replenishment of type VII collagen and re-epithelialization of chronically ulcerated skin after intradermal administration of allogeneic mesenchymal stromal cells in two patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

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Pages 429-431 | Received 20 Jan 2009, Accepted 29 Dec 2009, Published online: 15 Mar 2010

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