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A simple organ culture system for human fetal skin reveals that there are two phases in the melanocyte maturation in the dermis

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    Makarand Risbud & Manoj Mojamdar

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Risbud, M., Mojamdar, M. A simple organ culture system for human fetal skin reveals that there are two phases in the melanocyte maturation in the dermis. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 37, 363–366 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577572

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