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Effect of recombinant growth factors on human saphenous vein smooth muscle cells

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    Paul Dunlop, Karen Porter, Kevin Varty, Peter Bell & Nicholas London

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Dunlop, P., Porter, K., Varty, K. et al. Effect of recombinant growth factors on human saphenous vein smooth muscle cells. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 34, 431–433 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-998-0071-4

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