Putting skin in the game: dermis-derived stem cells provide insight into familial pulmonary hypertension

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James P Maloney. Stem Cell Investig. 2017.

. 2017 May 5:4:35.

doi: 10.21037/sci.2017.04.05. eCollection 2017.

¹ Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, CO, USA.

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Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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