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Review Article

Integrating Animal Models and In Vitro Tissue Models to Elucidate the Role of Desmosomal Proteins in Diseases

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Pages 55-63 | Received 25 Nov 2013, Accepted 12 Dec 2013, Published online: 24 Jan 2014

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