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Hollands, P. (2009). Cord Blood Stem Cells – The Basic Science. In: Stubblefield, P., Bhattacharya, N. (eds) Frontiers of Cord Blood Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-167-1_2

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