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Use of flow cytometry to study growth of human airway smooth muscle cells

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  1. Father Sean O’Sullivan Research Center, St. Joseph’s Hospital and McMaster University, L8N 4A6, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Zhen-Du Zhang & Gerard Cox

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Zhang, ZD., Cox, G. Use of flow cytometry to study growth of human airway smooth muscle cells. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 34, 275–277 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-998-0001-5

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