Profibrotic Phenotype of Conjunctival Fibroblasts from Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Pathology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0002-9440
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.11.013