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Nuutila, K., Singh, M., Eriksson, E. (2018). Gene Therapy in Skin and Wound Healing. In: Giatsidis, G. (eds) Gene Therapy in Reconstructive and Regenerative Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78957-6_2

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