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Screening of potent inhibitors of collagen synthesis in cultured human skin fibroblasts

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, 160, Tokyo, Japan

    Haruyoshi Yamada, Shingo Tajima & Takeji Nishikawa

  2. Department of Dermatology, Tachikawa Kyosai Hospital, 4-2-22 Nishikicho, 190, Tachikawa City, Tokyo, Japan

    Haruyoshi Yamada

  3. Research Laboratories, Pias Corporation, 3-21-3 Toyosaki, Ohyodoku, 531, Osaka, Japan

    Takeshi Shigematsu

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Yamada, H., Shigematsu, T., Tajima, S. et al. Screening of potent inhibitors of collagen synthesis in cultured human skin fibroblasts. Arch Dermatol Res 287, 506–508 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00373438

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