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Bladder carcinoma cell line ECV304 is not a model system for endothelial cells

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    Hans G. Drexler, Hilmar Quentmeier, Wilhelm G. Dirks & Roderick A. F. MacLeod

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Drexler, H.G., Quentmeier, H., Dirks, W.G. et al. Bladder carcinoma cell line ECV304 is not a model system for endothelial cells. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 38, 185–186 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1290/1071-2690(2002)038<0185:BCCLEI>2.0.CO;2

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