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Isolation of small-sized human epidermal progenitor/stem cells by Gravity Assisted Cell Sorting (GACS)

  • Yasushi Fujimori

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0654, USA
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  • Kenji Izumi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Oral Anatomy, Niigata University Post-Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 2-5274 Gakkocho-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 25 227 2816; fax: +81 25 223 6499.
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  • Stephen E. Feinberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0654, USA
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  • Cynthia L. Marcelo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0654, USA

Received 23 May 2009 ,Revised 9 August 2009 ,Accepted 9 September 2009. Published online 12 July 2010 Corrected Proof

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PII: S0923-1811(09)00283-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2009.09.003

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