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  1. Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

    Rikke Christensen

  2. Medical Genetics, Near East University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus

    Nedime Serakinci

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    Manfred Schwab

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Christensen, R., Serakinci, N. (2015). Adult Stem Cells. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_125-2

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