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“The stem cell fashion”: do we need only stem cells for tissue regeneration?

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The original works related to this subject and performed in our laboratory was supported by institutional funding from Aix Marseille Université and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

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About, I. “The stem cell fashion”: do we need only stem cells for tissue regeneration?. Clin Oral Invest 22, 553–554 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-017-2316-7

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